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  • I primarily use groups by room and floor. Since I only ever use groups for voice, for individual lights I don’t worry about brevity. I usually describe the fixture they’re in or type of light. Like I have “Standing Lamp Top”, “standing lamp side”, “living room candle #”, “kitchen downlight #”. The only semi creative name I have is “Ziggy” for these sorta zigzaggy adjustable lamps.


  • You can try using openssl s_client -connect domain:443 to help debug what the issue is. Without your domain it’s hard to guess what specifically is causing a TLS issue.

    Where did you get your certs? Do they match exactly the domain you’re using? Are they expired or self signed? Are your details in the double curly brackets all correct?

    You can try to use ssllabs, check cipher compatibility with browsers and such… though I think that requires things are working to a certain level first.





  • Your app and DB should be deployed together in the same datacenter to minimize latency between app and DB. Nothing should be hitting your DB besides your app and any etl tools if applicable. So latency to your DB shouldn’t be an issue.

    If you need to add redundancy with a deployment in another region you should consider having separate environments between regions with totally separate data which allows you to better manage data protection/export regulations appropriately.

    If that doesn’t work you’ll need a multi region database, a vendor with support for that such as aws rds would be the sanest method but you can always hack it yourself.

    There’s other options but those require an architecture designed to be heavily distributed and that depends a lot on the nature of your application and you’d ideally hire an architect experienced in such deployments.



  • I don’t know that I’d do multiple smart bolts. It’s nice to have one for letting people in without needing them to have a key but you only need 1 door with it for that. I have a Schlage smart lock on one door and a downside is the battery. It uses a bunch of AAs and dies often compared to most devices. Needing to manage batteries on half a dozen bolts sounds obnoxious.

    When I got my house I found that next to none of my actual locks needed to be totally replaced, I could just repin most of them to get aligned on a new key. I did end up replacing a crappy one and replaced cylinder on another.

    Simple door sensors that let you know when a door opens/closes solves a similar problem set. I feel like most people end up centralizing on one or two doors and then the others rarely get opened, making the smart bolts a bit wasteful. It won’t tell you if it’s unlocked but it’ll let you know which doors to double check before bed.

    I pretty much unified on Schlage for smart and dumb locks so my main key is the Schlage key that came with my smart bolt. The app feature set is fine, it allows good management of pass codes. Big downside is the battery like I said, and the app never seems to warn me about it.