I know WTH is for HA Core but I hope there can be an exception as the projects are so close to each other.
I love the things I’ve got working with ESPHome. But it’s a very steep learning curve. I wish there could be more tutorials, shopping guides etc at least for the basics. That could then launch a lot of creative endeavors for people.
There’s so much potential I think, to make it easier for non-devs to get into.
Stick with it. It’ll get easier.
I think you’d be surprised at how well chatGPT can do with .yaml and so on.
I don’t think anyone should try to make it easier; to me, they are pushing into a weird realm of overly simple programming languages.
Most of my ESP is still coded in C++ because it allows faster things to happen with the ESP.
I think this thread will relate to your feelings
I think everyone’s expecting AI to be the new programming language already.
Machine Code → Assembly → C → C++ (for system libraries) → Python (interpreted) → Frameworks → YAML (configuration layer)|
LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS OH MY
What?
Isn’t one of the main objectives with ESPHome to not having to write C or C++ but instead be able to write yaml that is interpreted.
And chatgpt generated code is generally frowned upon in the (HA) community.
Why wouldn’t you want things to be easier? I don’t understand the reasoning.
Closed as outside the scope of WTH.