Zigbee solved the smart-home battery problem years ago, and Matter still hasn't
…Audit your smart home Is 0.1°C that important of a change? So if you're looking to revolutionize your smart home and create a resilient sensor network that doesn't…
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Home Assistant users are building smarter homes than Google and Amazon ever will
1d agoHome Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
1d agoI connected my dumb appliances to Home Assistant, and it felt like upgrading my whole house
6d agoI gave Home Assistant access to my NAS, and it became the dashboard my smart home was missing
1w agoThe ESP32 project I'm most proud of has no cloud, no app, and no gimmicks
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account I regularly build ESP32 projects for my smart home. Yet most…
I built a $15 ESP32 display that lets me monitor my Bambu Lab printer from my desk
…Using an ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display , ESPHome, and the Bambu Lab HACS integration for Home Assistant, I put together a dedicated printer monitor that sits right on my desk. It costs between…
I monitor my PC with Home Assistant, and it's a bigger deal than I realized
…Here is why connecting my PC to the smart home is a bigger deal than I thought. How I set it up Connecting my PC to my homelab in a simple way…
I turned my home server into an AI appliance, and this is the stack that actually stuck
…Instead of keeping AI separate, I integrated it with my productivity stack, including Logseq, Obsidian, Home Assistant, Paperless-ngx, etc. This made AI a natural part of my workflow rather than an…
Home labbers say to ditch your ISP router, but the Fritz Box 7530 has WireGuard, dynamic DNS, and even a media server
…Plus you get smart home controls, automations, and more, supporting smart home devices that implement the DECT standard. On top of that, Fritz also has a dedicated Zigbee gateway that you can…
These $10 home lab upgrades solved problems I didn't know I had
…and setting everything up was a cakewalk thanks to the QoL integrations on the Home Assistant Community Store. Kasa Smart Plug Ultra Mini $9 $10 Save $1 $9 at Amazon If I…
10 quality-of-life services I self-host on my home lab
…Related How I use Node-RED and Home Assistant together for the ultimate smart home With the right setup, Node-RED and Home Assistant can make for a killer smart home combo…
A modern NAS replaced my smart home hub, backup solution, and media server
…4 ways you can save money with a NAS at home A NAS is the perfect companion for our modern digital lives. It runs my apps and smart home locally A low…
Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
…smart home tasks barely touch the hardware available Home Assistant isn’t particularly demanding when it’s doing the basics. Automations are usually lightweight; sensors report in small bursts; and most integrations…