
Ben Scholer contributed to the home-assistant/brands repository by developing two key features over a two-month period. He implemented a custom integration that enabled Home Assistant to connect with comma.ai, allowing users to access and automate vehicle telemetry data within the platform. This integration was built using Python and focused on API and integration development, following Home Assistant’s established patterns for extensibility. In a separate sprint, Ben refreshed the Emlid brand icon and logo, aligning the application’s visual assets with updated branding guidelines. His work combined UI and graphic design skills with SVG and Python, enhancing both functionality and user experience.
February 2026 (2026-02): Branding-focused sprint for home-assistant/brands. Delivered the Emlid Brand Icon and Logo Refresh and prepared the app branding to align with Emlid guidelines. No major bugs reported in this repo this month. Overall impact: enhanced visual consistency, stronger brand recognition, and a scalable foundation for future branding assets.
February 2026 (2026-02): Branding-focused sprint for home-assistant/brands. Delivered the Emlid Brand Icon and Logo Refresh and prepared the app branding to align with Emlid guidelines. No major bugs reported in this repo this month. Overall impact: enhanced visual consistency, stronger brand recognition, and a scalable foundation for future branding assets.
November 2025: Delivered the Comma.ai integration for Home Assistant by adding comma.ai support to the custom integrations, enabling users to connect and utilize comma.ai data within the platform. This enhancement increases data accessibility, enables richer automations, and improves interoperability with vehicle telemetry.
November 2025: Delivered the Comma.ai integration for Home Assistant by adding comma.ai support to the custom integrations, enabling users to connect and utilize comma.ai data within the platform. This enhancement increases data accessibility, enables richer automations, and improves interoperability with vehicle telemetry.

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