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Pure Python, GUI-focused home automation/consumer grade SCADA

16 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 2 stories, 14 comments · first 2022-04-25 · latest 2025-12-19

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  1. …adding the ability to create DMX lighting effects plugins in WebAssembly, which I'm excited about. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/tree/mas...
    comment by eternityforest · 2025-12-19 · in Ask HN: What open-source side projects are you working on in 2025?
  2. …this script here(Just noticed it has a bunch of old commented out code and could use a cleanup): https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/mas...
    comment by eternityforest · 2025-10-14 · in Pi Kiosk – A Simple Raspberry Pi Kiosk App
  3. …that can't handle a USB getting unplugged and replugged in a different port is unacceptable. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/tree/mas...
    comment by eternityforest · 2025-10-11 · in HATEOAS for Haunted Houses
  4. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/tree/mas... These are all meant for RasPi embedded controls, so they don't handle a lot of security related things that aren't relevant for just a Pi on a private network without ports…
    comment by eternityforest · 2024-10-30 · in What scripts have you built to stand up a new server?
  5. …script, a few months old and may need some updates since a lot seems to have changed in Pi OS: https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/mas... Current version doesn't disable swap, that's in a separate optional file, but…
    comment by eternityforest · 2024-04-02 · in Pi Reliability: Reduce writes to your SD card
  6. …configure logging. The basic simple stuff doesn't really cause any user-level noticable changes: https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/mas... After that, I disable and mask apt-daily (The Debian auto updater), and purge…
    comment by eternityforest · 2024-03-30 · in Running a Raspberry Pi with a read-only root filesystem
  7. …breaking the card. If you use apache you'll need to add a service to create the logfile though. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/dev...
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-08-23 · in I only lost 10 minutes of data, thanks to ZFS
  8. …so Apache probably won't run if you try this and don't add something to make it's fussy logfile. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/dev...
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-08-23 · in I only lost 10 minutes of data, thanks to ZFS
  9. …just getting rid of swap, but my current script to get a Pi ready for embedded projects is here: https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/mas...
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-08-03 · in Raspberry Pi availability is visibly improving after years of shortages
  10. …skill and available hardware, but I think I did pretty well at making optimal use of existing tech. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-06-06 · in Ask HN: Share your side projects, what are you building in AI?
  11. …installs like room escape control, and some pretty decent network video recorder features. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation I put 6 years or so into it, and have used it on plenty of contract projects, but so far I don't…
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-01-27 · in Ask HN: What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN?
  12. …mean of the whole image. I forgot how complicated this was and how many tweaks I added! Code here: https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation/blob/mas... And for the motion detector specifically:…
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-01-04 · in Multi-camera real-time object detection with WebRTC and YOLO
  13. …problems last I heard, so I'd probably go with TP Link Tapo if they still have RTSP next time. https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation
    comment by eternityforest · 2023-01-04 · in Multi-camera real-time object detection with WebRTC and YOLO
  14. …but my KaithemAutomation software is pure Python and heavily built around runtime modification( https://github.com/EternityForest/KaithemAutomation ), and is designed to run for months, although it's not meant to be modified literally…
    comment by eternityforest · 2022-04-25 · in Ask HN: Practical examples of runtime modified software