Episode 581 July 10, 2026

YOLO Updates

with Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson

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Apple raises Apple Home hub prices, Samsung starts charging for SmartThings API access, and Matter might finally start mattering.

Show Notes

On this week's show: Apple makes Apple Home hubs a lot pricier, Samsung puts a $5 toll booth in front of the SmartThings API, and Matter itself keeps inching toward “maybe this really will work.” We also hit a THIRDREALITY timer clock, an interesting universal remote hub, Level’s rough week, Netflix’s new profile email rule, project updates, a pick of the week, and so much more!

Pick of the Week

GitHub - WHISTLER-Arc/Greg: My name is Greg. I'm a coffee table. I have 50,000 times more processing power than necessary and the emotional burden to match. Tap me. I'll say something regrettable. Your coffee table will be a cynic and have feelings. Mostly bad ones.

Here’s a very Home Assistant kind of project: Greg is a custom integration that turns a coffee table into a sarcastic, depressed character using a vibration sensor and text-to-speech.

Projects discussed

Front Yard Conversion

In progress

TJ Huddleston

When you intentionally make your front yard look like a giant mattress in the hopes that one day you'll be able to feed a few more bees and butterflies.

Started #581 14 days open 2 episodes ago

Patching the Wall(s)

In progress

Gavin Campbell

There are now more holes to patch.

When visiting, TJ made a bunch of holes in Gavin's walls to install a doorbell. Then he left the country. Now Gavin has to fix it.

Started #575 last mentioned #581 63 days open 2 episodes ago

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