We’re diving into Kaden’s cat-first smart home: Reolink + Frigate for pet detection, PetLibro feeders, and a Litter-Robot 4 all tied together with Home Assistant and LLM-generated dashboards.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:35 From HomeBridge to Home Assistant

00:07:20 Cat cams and Frigate detection

00:12:45 Smart feeders and litter box

00:16:40 Human presence and privacy

00:20:50 Garage automation journey

00:24:42 State models and sponsor break

00:30:50 Wall tablet dashboards

00:36:27 Water monitoring with RTL-SDR

00:40:32 Energy tracking and panel CTs

00:44:52 Cutting server power draw

00:48:06 WLED beats Govee cloud

00:51:00 BLE proxies and neighbors

00:54:00 On-call alerts and alarms

00:56:20 Wrap-up and links

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