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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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…size Great streaming compatibility with multiple services Fun and handy touchscreen Useful preset shortcuts Remote control with voice assistant Extra aux connection Cons As expensive as a HomePod, too App settings take…
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…or webOS, including within a Tesla in-car browser. Details are light, but it seems Netflix is working on its own voice assistant. The new AI voice assistant would live in the…
…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…
…to Google’s voice assistant on their Google Home devices without saying “Hey Google” every time, and without paying. Another bonus is that the feature now works with all supported languages and…
…Next, I plan to use Hyperion on Pi to work with WLED. Building multi-purpose sensor nodes Fast and responsive Since Home Assistant was already running on a Raspberry Pi, my goal…
…It's the new era of home security, and it saves a lot of time. 4. Try the Good Morning routine With the latest voice assistant abilities turned on, try saying, "Hey…
Hi all. I'm running Proxmox on a Beelink in my homelab. Currently have an Adguard LXC, Home Assistant VM and an Ubuntu VM (media, gpu passthrough) running on my Beelink. I'm looking to scrap my Ubuntu VM and start fresh …
I'm pretty new to homelabbing and this is my first mini rack! Started with the Beelink ME Mini and then just kinda grew from there (it's always the way hey haha). It idles at 70 watts (not too shabby for how much is goin…
I've been running a Proxmox lab with around 40 services for a while now. Over the past year I ended up building an AI agent platform that manages my infrastructure and handles business operations — documents, phone calls…
Hi HN, I'm Antoine Zambelli, AI Director at Texas Instruments.I built Forge, an open-source reliability layer for self-hosted LLM tool-calling.What it does:- Adds domain-and-tool-agnostic guardrails (retry nudges, step e…
Ended up doing some plumbing, high and low voltage work, over 10 Cat 6 runs for APs, switches, cameras, and doorbell. Been very happy with my UDM pro SE and U7 pros. I moved all my hubs above the server cabinet and mostl…
…Once I stopped treating them as rivals, my home lab setup became stable and reliable. Now I split the tasks to make Pi 5 and ESP32 work together. Home Assistant OS Windows…
…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…
…This ensures that they can complete their work without me needing to share permanent digital keys or compromise my home’s security. The missing piece in every smart home Dhruv Bhutani / Android…