• Rumbu (10/10) Jan 26 2023 Recently, I am tinkering in the world of home automation and I am
• Sergei Nosov (3/13) Jan 27 2023 Seems like English could be a good DSL to program a smart home:

Rumbu <rumbu rumbu.ro> writes:

Recently, I am tinkering in the world of home automation and I am 
somehow dissapointed that there is no dedicated programming 
language for automations.

Depending on the solution, you are stuck with convoluted yaml 
config files or you must use Python or Java for complex ones. Or 


Since I suppose that a lot of people here are passionate about 
programming languages, I dare to ask if you are aware about some 
DSLs for this domain.

Thanks.

Sergei Nosov <sergei.nosov gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 14:44:15 UTC, Rumbu wrote:
 Recently, I am tinkering in the world of home automation and I 
 am somehow dissapointed that there is no dedicated programming 
 language for automations.

 Depending on the solution, you are stuck with convoluted yaml 
 config files or you must use Python or Java for complex ones. 


 Since I suppose that a lot of people here are passionate about 
 programming languages, I dare to ask if you are aware about 
 some DSLs for this domain.

 Thanks.

Seems like English could be a good DSL to program a smart home:

https://matemarschalko.medium.com/chatgpt-in-an-ios-shortcut-worlds-smartest-homekit-voice-assistant-9a33b780007a