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… I didn’t stop because automation is bad, nor did I suddenly lose interest in tinkering. I stopped because my home worked better when I treated reliability as the main goal instead of sophistication. Once I framed it that way, a lot of my old ideas became easier to cut. They weren’t bad ideas. …
… Related 4 must-have n8n automations for your home lab Integrate n8n's automation prowess into your experimentation server with these ideas While tools like n8n are good, they're designed for a different use case. …
… It’s too much for home automation in isolation, but it’s just right for the hub that gradually becomes more than home automation. …
… Complex automations based on sensors and several different devices can be fun and genuinely effective, but some of the best smart home automations are the ones that save you just a little bit of friction. …
… Related I fine-tuned a 7B model to write my Home Assistant automations, and it actually works It'll even run on a GPU with 8GB of VRAM! …
… Every brand wanted me inside its own app, account system, automation builder, and ecosystem logic. …
… Of course, the real value comes from the automation engine. …
… The mini PC ran the software well, allowed automation to run, and integrated into the wider smart home ecosystem I had installed. …
… Speaking of automations… Smart plugs are perfect for wattage-based automations Recording power consumption metrics isn’t the only thing they’re good for When I’d bought a couple of smart plugs during a sale, I figured I could use them to monitor the energy consumed by all the server nodes in my ars… …
… Among those, there’s one automation that continues to run every day without my family noticing it. After a brief surprise early on, the automation faded into the background and now works quietly. …