The ESP32 quietly became the most important chip in my smart home
…It had quietly become the backbone of my entire smart home. Related 7 sensors under $10 that completely changed my smart home You don't need to splurge to build a smart…
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Your router's WPA3 security is breaking your smart home, and here's what to do about it
1d agoThese Home Assistant Prime Day deals transformed my smart home, but one was the game-changer
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1w agoMy old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
…Or, you could take the easy path as I did by turning an old smartphone into a Home Assistant satellite . Thanks to a recent update to the Home Assistant Companion app, smartphones…
The smart home upgrade nobody wants to do is labeling every cable and device
…Naming these devices on the smart home platforms themselves is another good practice: Home Assistant, Google Home, and Apple Home all support rooms, groups, and custom device names. Using them and staying…
Gemini for Home sounds impressive until you realize Home Assistant already does it better
…but Home Assistant is building an architecture. Until Gemini can run entirely offline and control every obscure Zigbee device in my drawer, Home Assistant remains the king of the true smart home.
Stop automating your smart home, it's making things worse
…There is a real appeal to deeper automation Complex setups can unlock genuinely impressive smart home behavior To be fair, there’s a reason people keep building elaborate smart home systems. When…
My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back
…build incredible Home Assistant automations without any extra hardware by leveraging the sensors already in your phone, weather services, or your Wi-Fi router. The minimalist smart home Simplifying my smart home…
I moved my Raspberry Pi projects to $5 ESP32 boards, and nothing broke
…As I got familiar with the ESP32 microcontrollers , building devices became fun. Yet I wondered if Pi was still needed in the smart home loop. Slowly, I moved my Raspberry Pi projects…
Most smart home failures start with DNS, and nobody notices until everything breaks
…How I Made DNS More Reliable Build DNS Redundancy Into Your Smart Home The biggest improvement I made was treating DNS like critical infrastructure instead of an invisible background service. Rather than…
I'd rather build a Raspberry Pi security camera than ever pay for Ring again
…Related Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it With the right apps and integrations, Home Assistant is an absolute powerhouse…
Home Assistant just made every infrared device in your house controllable, and you probably already own them
…Related My smart home still works without the internet, and it's all thanks to one app Home Assistant is the best unified platfom for your smart devices. Home Assistant changed things…