smarthomesellout

smart home, written and shipped

Hey, I'm Brandon.
I build, break, and write about smart homes.

Apollo contributor, ESPHome tinkerer, Home Assistant power user. Most of what I do ends up on GitHub, some of it ends up in posts.

GitHub YouTube

where I post

Channels

GitHub

@bharvey88

Where the work lives.

YouTube

@smarthomesellout

Smart home walkthroughs and Apollo device deep-dives.

Apollo Community

smarthomesellout

Where I help and get helped on Apollo hardware.

curated work

Projects

Apollo MSR-2

Contributions to the Apollo multi-sensor radar (mmWave + air quality) firmware and ESPHome integration.

  • ESPHome
  • C++
  • Home Assistant

GasBuddy for Home Assistant

Maintained Python library, HA integration, and Lovelace card so gas prices and EV charger data show up alongside the rest of your dashboard.

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Home Assistant
  • Lit

Cozyla wall tablet

Always-on living room display: FK launcher, Home Assistant dashboard, and a Plex-state-aware screensaver swap.

  • Home Assistant
  • FK launcher
  • Posterr

Apollo blueprints

A growing collection of Home Assistant blueprints tuned for Apollo devices and the way I run my own setup.

  • Home Assistant
  • YAML

Apollo AIR-1

Test fork and contributions to the Apollo AIR-1 firmware.

  • ESPHome
  • C++

ESPHome

Drive-by contributions to upstream ESPHome.

  • Python
  • C++

live from github

What I've been pushing

writing

From the blog

May 28, 2026

My first blog post - better late than never!

This is the first post on my new blog. So far the plan is to try and get some more content out and share what I'm doing with the world. I work at a smart home startup and am passionate about FOSS communities and projects. Follow along to see more!

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