Jan 31 @ FOSDEM - Meet the Home Assistant team

[copper fox]

FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate together. The best thing about this annual event is that all you need to do is show up!

https://luma.com/ptshwcqn

[violet marten]

I will be there!

[torpid zenith]

I'll try to attend, too 🤞

[round dagger]

I need to book my train tickets...

[versed raft]

I hope I can get there!

[tribal inlet]

I am looking forward! Maybe I'll drive from Utrecht. If people want to hitch a ride?

[storm harness]

Meet the Home Assistant team - Jan 31 @ FOSDEM

Luma event! https://luma.com/ptshwcqn

[round dagger]

@storm harness how do you feel about having FOSDEM in front in the name?
It makes it easier to see what the channel name is about when it's truncated.

[storm harness]

I'm aligning with our events. 🙂

The thread is about the meetup, it just happens to be at FOSDEM. XD

[round dagger]

Kk. It just confused me for a moment, and I feel like the HA part is obvious in this discord

[storm harness]

We're working on rebranding the calendar, this is a small change towards that.

If you note, the graphic has a little change at the bottom about it being hosted by the OHF, which is also new!

[regal mango]

Same place as last year 🙂

[storm harness]

Yeah, we got lucky.

And NO PINS

😂

[round dagger]

Not even last years?

Will you visit this time?

[storm harness]

LOL no, I won't be there this year. Maybe 2027!

It's expensive to fly me from the farthest side of the US to Europe.

[storm harness]

If you have people at Royal Mail who could help a poor frazzled American get her swag back in the hands of the right people, that would be ace.

[round dagger]

FRA<>SFO is reasonable, but I think you are a bit too far north for that

[storm harness]

Yeah, I'd have to go to SFO first, and that wouldn't work for me because I almost exclusively take direct flights.

I'm too autistic for more stress while traveling.

[round dagger]

Hey, I know that feeling

[sour carbon]

👋 I will be there as well, hopefully 😄

I already have booked the hotel ^^

[sour carbon]

Oh wow, you can't add a +1 🙃

[violet marten]

Bad idea

There is just not enough room on mobile

(and this is desktop actually)

[round dagger]

oh yea, any hotel suggestions?

[storm harness]

It's only bad when you're part of every thread. 😅

Jan 31 @ FOSDEM - Meet the Home Assistant team

Okay how's that look?

I'll swap the other one if that's better.

[violet marten]

yeah that's better !

[storm harness]

Adjusted then!

[torpid zenith]

Definitely NOT Hotel Siru 😬

#1325940723857621022 message

[sour carbon]

I have booked the Novotel Brussels Centre Midi Station 😄

[round dagger]

I'll hae to take a look at the map with 3 marked positions later. Midi, The University, and the Meetup 😄

[torpid zenith]

I've booked "Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre"

[copper fox]

I still have all the places marked where I once went

Let me also add the rest here @olive pelican @upper grail @novel musk @unkempt rover @unborn fog @misty flame @calm pulsar @warm grove @restive sequoia @real mantle

[round dagger]

are any of them good? 😄

[copper fox]

Meininger was genuinely good

There are 2 bte

Btw

Found out that mistake when i booked a trip for the study association in the center one while we expected this one

So we had to rebook 74 people

I've been there again on a later moment

The stickers of my study association are still there after 3-4 years

[round dagger]

I made that mistake before
Luckily just for myself

[atomic wigeon]

I'll join! My wife works that day, but I'll find a babysitter 👶

[tribal inlet]

I am driving from utrecht. If someone wants to hitch along. I'll leave saturday early morning and will drive back sunday afternoon.

Will stay in Meininger Hotel. Will try to find the stickers!!

[violet marten]

@tribal inlet what time are you driving back exactly? Frenck and I were planning to take the train around 8, but road trip sounds good too

[storm harness]

If this happens, I demand road trip photos. 😂

[violet marten]

@tribal inlet I think Ben would want a ride too back to Utrecht 😅

[warm grove]

Heyoo folks attending/thinking about attending FOSDEM. I'm working as a designer at Open Home Foundation working on Music Assistant and ESP Home.

I'll be running a dev room on sunday (https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/design/) but also around for FOSDEM if any users wanna chat about design/UX/UI/give user feedback etc. etc. (especially if it's about the areas I focus on 🥺 )

[round dagger]

there's UI outside automations? 😮
Do you do UI or UX in general? I might have thoughts about MA 🙂

[warm grove]

I beileve there is indeed UI outside automations! (unless that was a joke? i think it might have been a joke 😂 )

I've done UX/UI and Product design for many years and in OSS for the last 8ish years and recently started working at OHF.

100000% please send thoughts about MA - user feedback feeds me 🍲 🍴

[copper fox]

BEN IS COMING AS WELL?

Apparently my talk got declined, oh well, beter luck next year 🙂

[tribal inlet]

Not sure when I drive back but 8 sound fine. Let me know

[tribal inlet]

it should fit

[violet marten]

Great. I pinged you in a DM

[dire mural]

Still self-debating train vs car (i.e. friday-chill vs saturday-car) but got to do hotel first this weekend, but if more room in cars is preferred I could opt for car?

[neat depot]

Sounds like an idea!

[violet marten]

So seems like liudger can handle Frenck, me and Ben

[tribal inlet]

Only room for trip to brussel. The drive back is full. I'll leave Saturday morning reallly early 😄

[neat depot]

Cool, I can manage to get home myself 😄

I booked Meininger City Center btw

[tribal inlet]

City Center. That is the other one

[neat depot]

Not a big issue I think? Otherwise I can probably switch

[tribal inlet]

No not an issue. But I am in the other one near the train station

the one @copper fox recommended

[neat depot]

I like to be a bit different 👻

[round dagger]

finally got my ass up and booked a hotel
now to book travel... and continuously complain that planes are cheaper than trains

[sour carbon]

I got my free international tickets for the railway personnel 😇

[round dagger]

I'm going eurostar both ways. Though sadly only part of the way 🙁

[worldly palm]

I still need to pick a hotel, may be some one wants/can share a room?

[neat depot]

No problem for me, although I already booked. It should be possible to change

[worldly palm]

I sent you a DM, thanks!

[uncut hamlet]

JOB opening this Sounds really awesome!!!!

[umbral oak]

hi i noticed this announce in fosdem matrix:
http://unofficial-fosdem-beer-event.org/
There are several deliriums in BXL right ?

[copper fox]

Oh this is the Friday

Yes there are more

This is delirium Village

I dont have pictures, but I've been at the beer event before COVID once

I'd be down to visit it

[umbral oak]

yea that is the only delirium i know , the overcrowded one 🙂
btw is room bridged with matrix ? if not the original announce was at:
https://matrix.to/#/!GBNsTBahPDNvkpCWfz:fosdem.org/$gYRwOCc8vDUqEZp_ZvnmS5UwohhBjSkMMvH5Mrjfc9c?via=fosdem.org&via=attendees.fosdem.org&via=matrix.org

[copper fox]

There's another delirium cafe

The little delirium, that's where our meetup is

[umbral oak]

yes i assumed that but since the HA event is full ,a link to the unofficial fosdem one can be added on page,... it will help to fork the 1st one 🙂

[copper fox]

Be sure to add yourself to the waitlist

[umbral oak]

well not sure i will do it now because my plans are not settled yet.. I don't want to steal a community member drink...

Also I didnt notice any HA stand in this list:
https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2025-11-16-accepted-stands/#

I will visit AW building anyway..

[copper fox]

If you're accepted and you can't, you can always cancel :p

[copper fox]

Last year was the first time we actually had a meet up in Brussels, and now it'll actually be bigger 😄

Maybe in the future

[storm harness]

Booths/stands are more work than a meetup, and doing them both requires more work from my team. Maybe in the future.

If you're in here, you're a community member - you're not stealing anything from anyone, you belong there!!

When we do a reminder, people often drop off the list and we can move others onto it. And we typically expect a 30% drop off for attendance.

[atomic wigeon]

Ooh 👀 I'm arriving early on Friday, so I was actually just looking at the map to find a venue

[copper fox]

There will be more on Friday Night, so i expect people to be around to drink a beer

[sour carbon]

I'm not able to attend FOSDEM, as a more important thing popped up unfortunately 🙃

[storm harness]

Life happens! 🙃

[copper fox]

NOOOOOO

Next time.

Let me also ping @placid trench

[round dagger]

Can you fix my train ticket for me then? 🙂

[regal mango]

It's almost FOSDEM time and it's really quiet here. Does anyone have recommendations for sessions related to home automation (or other subjects I suppose that may interest people here)?

Also if you're coming by train before it starts and have somehow missed it: there are strikes until Friday end of the day, check the schedule

[round dagger]

o.0 haven't seen anything about issues with my train though

I'll look at the schedule on friday during my travels...

[obtuse ore]

Eurostar claims to be operating normally

[round dagger]

their support is being 🍑 though

[torpid zenith]

I think this time my choice is way better than Hotel Siru last year 😬

[round dagger]

Fancy

[stray fjord]

Was quite happy at LATROUPE last year but of course all sold out by now. Just booked a bed at Meininger city center.

[torpid zenith]

I reached waypoint 1 😬 only 311km left to Brussels 😅

[torpid zenith]

Robert ( @upper grail ) is that you? 😅

[native creek]

Stranded in Cologne for now, but Deutsche Bahn will not stop me.

[stray fjord]

I'm on my first train of the day, not too much chaos despite the strike.

Anyone going to the Unofficial Friday Bar Meetup or some other gatherings planned for tonight?

[misty flame]

Did someone say

[stray fjord]

There's also an afterparty for the Home Assistant Community Meetup on Saturday: https://bytenight.brussels/

[round dagger]

/me just changed to eurostar

Train is comfy now

[copper fox]

You can do this!!!

Okay, we're going to head to Beurs now

[round dagger]

Just departed cologne 😮

[copper fox]

We're upstairs of the beer capital place

[copper fox]

@obtuse ore

[torpid zenith]

Hotels last year vs. now 😎

[torpid zenith]

Where are you?

[copper fox]

Upstairs of the beer capital

Same place as last year

[atomic wigeon]

I’ll join in a few minutes 👀 Just need to eat something

[torpid zenith]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/N1kbiBmyWro6Ped7A
So this one?

[copper fox]

Yes yes

Upstairs

[torpid zenith]

Perfect ... see you in half an hour 🍻

half an hour ... from now on 😬

[torpid zenith]

This is confusing 😂

[misty flame]

Wrong beer

[stray fjord]

Grabbing a bite at 5guys, will join afterwards

[misty flame]

Everyone currently has left to go eat, but I believe we plan to return for more beer soon

@copper fox will confirm I'm sure

[torpid zenith]

Where are you? Can't find you

[atomic wigeon]

Not everyone, I was late, so just arrived there

[copper fox]

We're eating kebab

[torpid zenith]

yeah ... and I'm here ... upstairs 😂

[atomic wigeon]

Same 👀

Upstairs. Drinking beer. Alone

[torpid zenith]

I'm staying at the top of the stairs

Having a beer next to me

And my jacket in my arm

[misty flame]

We will be back at some point

[copper fox]

We found them!

[copper fox]

Nice

[stray fjord]

Plan is still the beer capital?

[copper fox]

Yes

[stray fjord]

Beer capital drinks menu: https://qrco.de/bgTVf6

[stray fjord]

If you want to buy a fosdem shirt or hoodie, no need to queue. (It was quite a long queue at info desk when I arrived, but there are two more cash registers on the side with 0 people.)

[round dagger]

Once I'm not camping for talks I want to see/talk with the speaker after 😄

[neat depot]

And cookies from Mozilla

[copper fox]

Don't forget to accept them

[round dagger]

Oh nooo, I missed them
I had one last year though

[native creek]

Will there be food served @ Delirium or is there a place you can recommend nearby?

[copper fox]

I believe there is, but not 100% sure

[round dagger]

I'll grab a bite before
If it's the same location as last year, I wouldn't expect full meals in there

[storm harness]

Snacks at most.

HAVE FUN EVERYONE!!!!

I WISH I WERE THERE

[round dagger]

We'll send pictures

[storm harness]

YOU BETTER

😆

[stray fjord]

-# I wish I had pins

[storm harness]

I wish I had the pins.

[stray fjord]

Luckily I still have the postcard above my bed ✨

[round dagger]

So nice. Eat, pay, don't have to think about tipping because the final price is in the PoS before any conversation

[round dagger]

I'm surprised there are none yet

[storm harness]

@copper fox You're slacking on photos!!

[round dagger]

He's busy drinking

[storm harness]

https://tenor.com/view/owen-wilson-wow-marley-and-me-smooth-hd-hq-gif-977282450591946462

How dare he drink at a bar.

[versed raft]

I'm so sad I could not come this year 😢

[stray fjord]

Better luck next year or at one of the other events. Always fun to hang out with like-minded people.
Some already committed to join again during FOSDEM 2027!

[regal mango]

There are queues (multiple!) for the final talk

I was not expecting that

It's been fun seeing some of you yesterday, hopefully until next year!

[misty flame]

The hordes are entering

[restive sequoia]

Hey guys, it was so nice meeting you at FOSDEM and the community meetup. Was so much fun

[round dagger]

Next year you need a stand though

[stray fjord]

And Joost needs a talk

[restive sequoia]

We will. We've already kinda said "why the hell don't we have a stand".

[round dagger]

Don't forget the

[copper fox]

Yes