[HN Gopher] Misterhouse: An open source home automation program ...
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       Misterhouse: An open source home automation program written in Perl
        
       Author : ctoth
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2021-07-27 16:30 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (misterhouse.sourceforge.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (misterhouse.sourceforge.net)
        
       | mrtweetyhack wrote:
       | haha. DOA
        
       | bellboy_tech wrote:
       | I can't believe this made the HN front page!!
       | 
       | Bruce W. was so far ahead of his time.
       | 
       | I have used MH since early 2000s and still use it today to fill
       | in some gaps that Home Assistant still has.
       | 
       | The same motion sensor code I wrote in 2005 is in use today.
       | Originally on a spare server but now on a rasp pi.
       | 
       | It's log design and memory leak checker keep it going. Super
       | software design at it's core!!!
        
       | ctoth wrote:
       | I first used this in 2008, and it was old then. As far as I know
       | this is what eventually lead to projects like Home Assistant. Now
       | for some reason I just don't even bother with home automation,
       | even though there's technically more smart home stuff than ever.
       | Perhaps it's because it's not as simple and fun as X10?
        
         | smhenderson wrote:
         | Yes, I was surprised to see a note on the home page that "It
         | currently runs on Windows 95".
         | 
         | But I also noted that it says at the bottom that the same page
         | was last updated in 2017 so still somewhat active I guess?
         | 
         | I never got into any of this, despite a friend at work
         | describing what X10 was to me in 1997 and being totally
         | fascinated at the time. I think the take away there is that
         | there are literally thousands and thousands of interesting
         | things to do with computers but never enough time to try them
         | all.
        
           | bluGill wrote:
           | > I never got into any of this
           | 
           | What is wrong with the simple light switch on the wall?
           | 
           | Home automation sounds cool and all, but every time I look
           | into it I realize that the switch does everything I need
           | perfectly fine and doesn't have bugs. I'm not saying there
           | are no uses for home automation, but most of them are
           | overstated.
        
           | jka wrote:
           | > page was last updated in 2017 ...
           | 
           | ...and the mailing list has had activity this year. Some
           | software just carries on quietly, I suppose :)
        
       | stewx wrote:
       | The fact it's written in Perl is cause for concern...
        
         | worik wrote:
         | Sigh. Perl. My second love.
        
         | smhenderson wrote:
         | How so? You realize it was written in Perl in the late 90's?
        
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