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Alan Byrne

@burnsie.com
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Alan is just this guy, you know? Product manager at Firefox, nerd, Home Automation Guy 🇦🇺🇨🇭🇬🇧 homeautomationguy.io youtube.com/@homeautomationguy www.alanmbyrne.com www.linkedin.com/in/alanmbyrne

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Firefox @firefox.com · 24/02/2026
AI controls are now live in Firefox 148. A single place to manage, customize, or completely block AI features in the browser. See how it works here ⬇️ blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/h...
blog.mozilla.org
How to turn off AI features in Firefox, or choose the ones you want | The Mozilla Blog
Other browsers force AI features on users. Firefox gives you a choice.  In the latest desktop version of Firefox, you’ll find an AI controls section
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 18/08/2025
Does anyone else say "Please" and "Thank you" to LLMs, in case they use politeness as a factor when deciding who lives or dies when the eventual robot uprising happens?
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Paulus Schoutsen @paulusschoutsen.nl · 14/08/2025
We did it. Z-Wave is back and stronger than ever 💪 For 2 years we've been working crafting the best possible Z-Wave experience. Best in class antenna, support for brand new Z-Wave Long Range (also Europe!) and seamless migration from chips as old as 2013. Check our blog post for the full story:
home-assistant.io
Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2
The ultimate way to connect Z-Wave devices to Home Assistant.
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 18/06/2025
What a great idea for a browser extension! 👏 addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
addons.mozilla.org
B!tch to Boss – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download B!tch to Boss for Firefox. Online harassment is a problem. The solution? People being less terrible. Until then, this extension replaces "bitch" and other derogatory words like it with "boss"...
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 21/05/2025
"Next slide please" really grinds my gears
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 09/05/2025
Hey, Firefox extension developers, I'd love any feedback you have on how we're trying to simplify getting user consent for collecting data. blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/05/09/new-extension-data-consent-experience-now-available-in-firefox-nightly/
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New Extension Data Consent Experience now available in Firefox Nightly – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog
In a previous blog post I explained that we’re working to streamline the data consent experience for extensions and allow users to consent to sharing data with extensions directly in ...
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 09/05/2025
I am displeased.
Photo of my Vizsla covered in mud
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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 30/04/2025
April marks the 1st year of the Open Home Foundation. In this month's newsletter, we look back on what we accomplished in that time and what's to come from us. 👏🏻 Catch up on what we've done and read more on the next big thing for the foundation 👇🏼 #Newsletter #SmartHome #OpenHome
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Big first year, bigger second
We recap the Foundation’s first year—and as we gear up for year two, there’s a new structure, a shift in staff, and a bold new project: the Device Database.
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 01/05/2025
You can now manage tab groups via Firefox WebExtensions 😍 blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/...
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WebExtensions Support for Tab Groups – Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog
Exciting news: with yesterday’s release of Firefox 138, tab groups are now available to all users! Tab groups have been a long standing feature request for users, so it’s wonderful ...
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 16/04/2025
Maybe as a Product Manager I should list all my products limitations and edge cases as "Tips" 🙄
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 08/04/2025
It's been a minute since something I did at work made the news. www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/m...
theregister.com
Mozilla takes pity on Firefox extension developers
: Plan to standardize consent dialogs aims to lighten burden on devs, users, reviewers
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 28/03/2025
What in the fresh hell is this all over my WhatsApp? How do I turn off this Meta AI?
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 23/03/2025
@jarjour.bsky.social How about that last Severance episode 😳
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 18/03/2025
I'm so happy to hear that they've figured out how to bring the Pebble watch back to life 🤩 ericmigi.com/blog/introdu...
ericmigi.com
Introducing two new PebbleOS watches!
Including my dream smartwatch…
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 18/03/2025
I really enjoy the term "enshittification"
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 14/03/2025
🤩
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 11/03/2025
Proof that you don't need tracking and cookies for contextual advertising
Advertisements on the London underground showing an ad for a mother's day gift next to an ad for IVF
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 08/03/2025
Breadsplosion
Home made sourdough on a wire rack that has torn open at the top
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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 05/03/2025
𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.𝟯 🎉 ✔️ Dashboard view headers ✔️ Tons of tile card improvements ✔️ Better map clustering ✔️ Assist now streams responses ✔️ Integrating SmartThings is smoother than ever! Check out what’s new! 👇 🔗 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03... #HomeAssistant
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 02/03/2025
I hooked up Home Assistant voice to ChatGPT. Anyone know how I can set my timezone to London? Asked ChatGPT and it wasn't able to help, so I'm asking real humans...
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 01/03/2025
Things I learned about automations in Home Assistant over the past 5 years youtu.be/FfhHyEl_Dgg
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Tips and techniques for better Home Assistant automations
YouTube video by Home Automation Guy
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 01/03/2025
I got called a four-eyed wanker by a man leaning out of a trade van as it drove past. I feel like I'm in high school again 😂
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 01/03/2025
Saturdays
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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 27/02/2025
We're very excited to announce that Apollo Automation have joined the Works With Home Assistant - the first ESPHome-based devices to receive this certification! 🎉 Check out how Apollo got started building devices with ESPHome and which ones have been certified on our blog 👇🏼 #SmartHome #DIY #IoT
home-assistant.io
Apollo joins the Works With Home Assistant Program
Adding three devices, including their community favorite presence and air quality multisensors.
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 28/02/2025
4 years in the making... so very close
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 28/02/2025
Does anyone else's dog sleep like a weirdo?
A dog, Hungarian Vizsla, lying asleep on his back on a blue couch with his head rested on a yellow pillow.
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 27/02/2025
Preparing my dogs dinner be like
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 26/02/2025
Well that didn't take long 😥 www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.
The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 25/02/2025
I made a YouTube video about my 5 favourite home automations. Do you have any favourites? youtu.be/akXurmGJ7oU
youtu.be
5 awesome home automations I use every day
YouTube video by Home Automation Guy
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 25/02/2025
I call it "ghost of the underground"
Reflection of a man in the window of an empty London tube carriage
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 25/02/2025
Boss: "What's your AI strategy for 2025?" Me: "I renamed all the ML and Automation features we had on our roadmap, and called them AI" 🤝
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Paulus Schoutsen @paulusschoutsen.nl · 15/02/2025
Friends, I need your help to convince Firefox that WebSerial is important. WebSerial is used to install ESPHome, WLED, Tasmota and so many other open source firmwares. It makes the difference between a 2 minute install or a failed install (because a user can't get Python to run). Leave a comment:
connect.mozilla.org
Fully support Web USB and Web Serial
Web-based IDEs like Arduino and Github Codespaces are now commonplace. They are hobbled in Firefox due to an inability to access development boards without installing extra system software, which rather defeats the purpose of having an IDE that runs in your browser. This is not the case on Chrome, w...
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Firefox @firefox.com · 21/01/2025
What’s your favorite extension to use on Firefox?
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 24/02/2025
I'm not entirely sure these cookie cutters are gonna work... But it's been fun to learn how to properly use my slicer.
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 24/02/2025
I want to believe 👽
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Alan Byrne @burnsie.com · 03/06/2023
Where am I?
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