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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/specialadapter on 2025-07-04 22:14:27+00:00.
Just wanted to post this message to thank the whole Home Assistant community for its passion, skills and time! ๐ซต๐ป๐
I have been enjoying Home Assistant for over a decade but never really explored how it was made, enhanced and maintained. ๐
For the past few months, I have been waking up early (before the family day starts) and enjoyed scrolling through PRs, discussions and sometimes issues, to see all the amazing work that happens each and every day! ๐ช
I now have such a greater appreciation of what goes into Home Assistant (and its amazing related projects) and I am just so grateful to you all.
Plus, not doom scrolling social media has been great my mental health! ๐
Next step is to work out how I can leverage my Home Assistant passion/experience and professional skills (sadly I am not a coder) to start giving back beyond my monthly subscription.
In fact, it was super inspiring to learn that some of the Open Home Foundation team were actually able to pivot from careers in big (corporate) tech ๐ญ