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What automation processes have you implemented that make your life easier? (lemmy.world)

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I'm a big fan of automating as much as I can.

Lights automatically turn on when someone enters the room, but only if it's dark enough to need lights in that room at that moment. Turn them off automatically when presence is no longer detected (not just IR based motion detection).
My old washer and dryer alert me when they're done thanks to vibration sensors.
Media downloads when added to a watchlist.
Regular backups locally and to the cloud.
My phone enables/disables rotation lock based on the app I'm currently using.
Phone also opens various playlists when connecting to my car stereo based on date/time.
Various "scenes" to turn devices on and off, control brightness, volume levels, etc. This includes controlling devices that are IR, RF, Bluetooth, and Zigbee based.
Game servers that update when new versions are released, but only when no players are connected. If anyone is connected, sends a message to a discord server (that is also connected to Matrix) alerting everyone to the available update and asking players to log off at their earliest convenience. Players can also check on game server status with bot commands in the game's channel on that server.

Everything runs locally and has a manual backup so I can still control everything the old fashioned way if my phone is dead or if my non tech savvy parents are over and need to operate any of it.