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I have a self hosted HA deployment that hasn't been updated in a while. I haven't updated it partially because they made the boneheaded move of [deprecating their YAML config in favor of GUI-only config](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2020/04/14/the-future-of-yaml/), and partially because [the developers are insufferable dickholes](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27505277).
I should probably move off of the deployment that I've got right now at some point, but what are people currently using for home automation? Is anyone running a newer version of HA that thinks it's not actually that bad?
If you’re up for a bit of DIY, you can do it with a raspberry pi + something like Motion:
https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion
I’ve looked for cameras that are easier to use and I can trust, and didn’t really find anything. You’re getting spied on by creepy tech bros in a startup that sells your video to the cops, or a random Chinese company that does who knows what with it, take your pick. Also maybe the whole world if you end up on shodan because the S in “IoT” stands for security.
This site is specific to AWS, but you might find it helpful:
http://ec2instances.info
Looks like it got bought out by someone, so might be enshittified, but it’s worked nicely for me in the past.