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My local LLM finally understands my house better than Google ever did
… The problem with traditional smart home setups There is just not enough context The biggest problem with traditional smart home setups is that they were never actually designed to understand the home. …
Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
… Without anything else, this setup is great for querying LLMs about my HASS devices via the Assist section. …
Home Assistant's best integrations aren't the obvious ones – here's what actually changed my setup
… Besides letting me connect both HASS setups together, this integration also lets me pull entities from remote nodes into the main Home Assistant hub. …
A modern NAS replaced my smart home hub, backup solution, and media server
… I wanted an all-in-one solution to run a clean, open-source setup, backups and more. …
You can turn "dumb" devices smart without replacing anything; just Home Assistant integrations will suffice
… However, they quickly became the most important part of my smart home setup once I hooked them up to my HASS server. …
I monitor my PC with Home Assistant, and it's a bigger deal than I realized
… The entire setup took around an hour. No complex configs, no deep technical hurdles. Just a few tools connected together, and the setup is done. …
I almost threw away my old laptop and now It’s my most reliable Home Assistant server
… Related My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup And it's all thanks to the cool sensors included in modern smartphones The idea that changed everything From a "useless laptop" to “what if it ran something useful?” I had been frustrated for a long time trying to stabili… …
Home Assistant's intimidating reputation is completely undeserved once you survive the first week
… You might end up with a somewhat fragmented setup this way, but it will make your life a lot easier. …
My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
… In my setup, that’s a Frigate server running on a mini-PC. If I connect my smartphone to the same network as my Frigate system, this setup works really well as a local security camera for my house. …