For example - my lights are automated. They have a switch though. If they went offline (or my server does), I can press the entirely local switch and have light.

As a reminder though, 418 is supposed to be the response for requests of the teapot to brew coffee.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

I can press the entirely local switch and have light.

Are you sure about that? Is it a local connected smart switch (still fancy electronics, just local) or a plain old power switch?

If it’s a power switch, and If you turned your lights off by app over the internet, and then the internet went out, then your lights’ ability to come back on when you flick the physical switch depends on somebody having thought about this need and programmed a “oh, the switch was flicked so I better ignore the internet settings” mode.

And if they did that, it also probably means your lights all turn on after a power outage since the light can’t tell the difference between power outage and light switch flipped off.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago

Are you sure about that?

Lol yes. Its a relay with a secondary control via mqtt with intermittent status reporting.

it also probably means your lights all turn on after a power outage since the light can’t tell the difference between power outage and light switch flipped off.

Not how that works.

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