I found the best Home Assistant dashboard for my iPad
…off their Home Assistant setup. Let's just call it a badge of honor for the work that we've put in. More than that, building automations and connecting devices is only…
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Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
…chat with my LLMs about every aspect of my HASS setup, be it checking an entity’s stats or triggering an automation chain. Better yet, everything runs locally, with my decade-old…
Most smart home problems aren't automation problems, they're network problems in disguise
…While those may help temporarily, you never know why the automations fail or devices drop off randomly. For a mixed setup with several wireless protocols and devices, there are more ways for…
Home Assistant's intimidating reputation is completely undeserved once you survive the first week
…In fact, I daresay that you can design a fully-functional HASS setup – one with proper automations and dashboards – without typing a single line of YAML syntax. That’s because Home Assistant…
6 projects I’ve already built with my $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
…helpful automation scripts that automate repetitive administrative tasks. It can run shell commands on insertion, launch payloads, or just wiggle the mouse to keep a computer awake. The same setup can also…
Gemini for Home sounds impressive until you realize Home Assistant already does it better
…Home Assistant is automating complex multi-device logic that spans across brands, including Dyson, Tesla, and Neutron, which Google still treats as unsupported. Home Assistant takes automation to the very next level…
I used Obsidian wrong for a year, here's the folder setup that finally clicks
…Sign in to your XDA account When I started my Obsidian journey, I was inspired by stunning, graph-heavy setups that looked like digital masterpieces, and for a year, I tried to…
I made Jellyfin remote streaming reliable without opening everything to the internet
…Here's what I set up to use Jellyfin remotely A simple setup For my personal use, I tried a setup with two components. Firstly, a Tailscale setup with the Serve feature…
I turned my home server into an AI appliance, and this is the stack that actually stuck
…Sign in to your XDA account Self-hosting AI sounds exciting, but most setups quickly turn into complex experiments that are hard to maintain. I went through the same phase, installing every…
Google Home and Alexa can't do what I built in Home Assistant, and that's the whole point
…Since I can also use my LLM-powered setup to control smart devices and trigger automations, it brings Home Assistant to an even footing with its rivals as far as AI assistants…