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Home Assistant

Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that integrates with various smart home devices through local and cloud services.

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I finally built the central AI hub I've been wanting, and Open WebUI made it stupidly simple

…it to work with practically all my productivity tools (provided they have a functional MCP server, of course). So far, I’ve used it to control Nextcloud, Obsidian, Home Assistant, and even…

Jun 7, 2026 · Ayush Pande

The ESP32 quietly became the most important chip in my smart home

…With ESPHome, I can push configuration changes and OTA updates without physically touching the ESP32. All data it collects gets recorded on flash storage or forwarded to Home Assistant. That relieves me…

Mar 26, 2026 · Samir Makwana

Most smart home failures start with DNS, and nobody notices until everything breaks

…Sign in to your XDA account Smart homes have become incredibly advanced over the last few years, allowing us to connect hundreds of devices through unified platforms like Home Assistant . Yet, despite…

Jun 8, 2026 · Wesley Karanja

Stop automating your smart home, it's making things worse

…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes With Home Assistant, you can automate your smart home as much or as little as you like, so strike a balance that works…

Apr 8, 2026 · Jeff Butts

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…

Mar 30, 2026 · Dhruv Bhutani

I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it

…The Pi ran Pi-hole serving DNS queries across VLANs, with each VLAN allowing inbound traffic on port 53. That worked exactly as I planned. What I missed was Home Assistant constantly…

May 10, 2026 · Samir Makwana

These 4 tools paired with Ollama gave me a private AI workflow that actually matters

…I wanted something that worked reliably and stayed fully under my control. By connecting Home Assistant with Ollama, I can now use local AI to make automations more flexible and context-aware…

Apr 11, 2026 · Yash Patel

Stop wasting your old tablet on Netflix and use it as a smart home command center instead

…panel works even with the bare minimum Old hardware is still gold A decent mid-range tablet typically sports a multicore processor, more RAM, and just enough storage. Running Home Assistant’s…

Mar 23, 2026 · Samir Makwana

Stop buying networking gear for your smart home that looks good on paper but fails in practice

…That dependency also made the rest of the smart home feel less trustworthy. Local devices should keep doing useful work even when the wider internet stumbles, especially in a home filled with…

Mar 28, 2026 · Jeff Butts

5 open-source developer tools that are better than their well-funded competitors

…session chat without any premium nagging. The performance over long remote sessions has been solid, too. RustDesk RustDesk is an open-source rival to TeamViewer. See at RustDesk Home Assistant Local-first…

Apr 25, 2026 · Parth Shah

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