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Private Cloud, Public Features: Home Assistant Local Services

In an era dominated by sprawling public cloud services, the allure of convenience often comes with trade-offs in privacy, control, and data ownership. While services…

September 15, 2025 9 min read

Home assistant

First steps in Home Assistant – initial recommended configuration

TL;DR: After installing Home Assistant, prioritize creating user accounts, setting time/location, enabling backups, and configuring essential add-ons like file editors and remote access for a…

December 13, 2021 7 min read

Home assistant

Home assistant Must have add-ons

TL;DR: Essential Home Assistant add-ons like Duck DNS, MariaDB, and Samba significantly improve remote access, database performance, and file sharing capabilities for your smart home…

September 11, 2021 4 min read

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