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Home Assistant's May update finally makes Alexa devices worth integrating, but there's a catch
1d agoClaude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
2d agoHome Assistant users are building smarter homes than Google and Amazon ever will
4d agoHome Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
4d agoA 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…
I built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet
…Most smart home hardware looks like smart home hardware. We're talking plastic bezels, status LEDs, glossy screens; the typical visual language of consumer electronics. The reTerminal E1003 I'm using here…
Samsung TVs just gained native Google Cast, and my Chromecast is officially pointless
…The dongle-less smart home is finally here. For years, Samsung's refusal to support Google Cast was the single biggest user-experience tax on anyone in the Android ecosystem. By April…
Your smart home cameras are choking your Wi-Fi upload pipe—here is the local remedy
…Stop paying monthly fees You can access all the same features for free Big Tech designed smart home cameras to be convenient for their cloud storage business models, completely ignoring the structural…
Your smart home needs both an ESP32 and Raspberry Pi 5, not one or the other
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account For the past few months, I’ve been making the case…
Remote 3D printing stopped feeling reckless when I added Home Assistant to the mix
…Automations, smart plugs, and alerts can fail just like anything else in a smart home setup. You still need a stable printer, sensible placement, and a willingness to limit remote jobs to…
Home Assistant kept wasting power on my home lab, and this tiny change fixed it
…I thought maybe some integration I had enabled was causing the problem, but I eventually found the actual cause online. Related I moved my Home Assistant from TrueNAS to a mini PC…
I stopped looking for the perfect Stream Deck alternative and built one instead
…If you want a next-level setup, then using ESP Home and Home Assistant gives you that absolute premium level of integration. Your buttons don't just control your PC; they actually…