DIY
Home Assistant Tactile Control: ESPHome Buttons & Dials
TL;DR: You can create custom tactile controls like buttons and dials for Home Assistant using ESPHome and simple hardware, offering a more…
Home assistant
Posts about Home Assistant – An open-sourced smart home system.
69 entries
Developer Guides
Smart Home API: Expose Home Assistant Externally
TL;DR: Exposing Home Assistant externally via an API allows integration with third-party services and custom apps, enhancing smart home capabilities. Securely implement…
DIY
My Proxmox Server Kept Freezing Every Few Days. It Was the NVMe Drive.
TL;DR: Proxmox servers freezing randomly are often caused by a bug in NVMe drive power saving (APST) that prevents the drive from…
Automation
Mastering Template Sensors: Advanced Data in Home Assistant
TL;DR: Home Assistant template sensors use Jinja2 to transform raw data into custom states, enabling advanced logic, calculations, and dynamic insights for…
Automation
Home Assistant: Your Concierge for Schedules, Reminders
TL;DR: Home Assistant can act as a personal concierge by integrating calendars, setting smart reminders, and automating routines to manage your schedule…
Automation
Self-Healing Smart Home: Redundancy for Home Assistant
TL;DR: Implement Home Assistant redundancy through automated backups, hardware resilience, network stability, and device-level failovers to create a self-healing smart home that…
AI
Local LLMs, Home Assistant: Conversational Home Dialogue
TL;DR: Integrate local LLMs with Home Assistant to create a conversational smart home that understands context and responds intelligently, all while maintaining…
Automation
Home Assistant for Brewers: Automating Fermentation, Temp Control
TL;DR: Automate your home brewing fermentation and temperature control using Home Assistant with components like ESPHome, temperature sensors, and smart plugs for…
Automation
Home Assistant: Digital DNA, Version Control, Config
TL;DR: Implement Git for Home Assistant to version control your configuration, enabling easy tracking, reverting, and backup of your smart home’s ‘digital…
Smart home
Home Assistant Energy Dashboard Setup Guide 2026
TL;DR: Connect a power monitoring source (like a clamp meter or smart plugs) to Home Assistant, configure it in Settings > Devices…