Automation is nothing new, and if you’ve been an XDA reader for some time, you might remember the days when small mobile automations were all the rage. In the big year 2025, though, there are far ...

Hermes Agent is a new open source autonomous AI tool that runs tasks across Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, and the CLI.

Building automation systems (BASs) and open-source software are two areas of interest for me, so I’d like to share some thoughts on how they intersect, at least from the exposure I’ve had to them.

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...