I gave Home Assistant access to my NAS, and it became the dashboard my smart home was missing
… At first glance, it may not seem all that useful. …
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I stopped buying smart home gadgets and started building them for a fraction of the price
… Shaking off the code and development woes Community support helps out At first, I thought buying ESP32 meant I needed to learn actual electrical engineering and write code from scratch. …
Google Home and Alexa can't do what I built in Home Assistant, and that's the whole point
… There are even community-created automation blueprints on the Home Assistant Community Store. …
My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back
… To avoid such fatigue, I decided to consolidate everything under a single, local-first brain: Home Assistant . …
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
… First, you’ll want to set Home Assistant as the default Assist device. …
I built a Home Assistant automation that saves power daily, and nobody in my family even knows it exists
… Origins Features Community Milestones Technology 01 / 8 Origins In what year was Home Assistant first released to the public? A 2012 B 2013 C 2014 D 2016 Correct! Home Assistant was first released in September 2013 by Paulus Schoutsen. …
Home Assistant users are building smarter homes than Google and Amazon ever will
… Home Assistant is the first system to take steps toward the smart home I dreamt about while watching sci-fi as a kid, and while it's not perfect, it's a lot smarter than the alternatives. Plus, it's open source and community-driven, which should give it better longevity than vendor-locked solutions. …
I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
… Now, I’m always cautious about connecting something as vital as my smart home platform with a community repo, but after going through the code and looking at its popularity in the HASS community, the HA-MCP Server doesn’t trigger any red flags in my book. …
I tried Hue Bridge Emulator for my smart bulbs and lights — turns out, I didn’t need it
… For that, Zigbee2MQTT with Mosquitto broker is the cleaner, lighter, and leaner approach for a Home Assistant-first smart home. …
My DIY router has been my DNS, VPN, and ad-blocker for a year, and I'd never use an ISP router again
… But if you’re in the home labbing community, it’s all about building a DIY firewall/router armed with tons of security provisions to keep your networking stack safe. …