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Home Assistant 2026.7 just killed the steep learning curve for building automations
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…Sign in to your XDA account I'm always in search of more efficient ways to manage my home lab , whether that's a new dashboard or automation tools . I'll be…
I built a local voice assistant that doesn't need the internet, and it actually understands me
…It executes the automation instantly because it has direct local access to your smart home database. And the third and final pillar to complete the Holy Trinity is your text-to-speech…
Network segmentation is the smart home security step nobody talks about
…Whether any smart home tutorial told you to segment or network, take XDA's default advice and set it right away. Making your automations, integrations, and dashboards function independently sounds great. However…
A modern NAS replaced my smart home hub, backup solution, and media server
…A NAS is designed to be always on, which also makes it the perfect host for my smart home stack. I've got Home Assistant configured via Docker and all automations run…
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I replaced Google Home with Home Assistant and a local LLM, and I'm not looking back
…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…
Almost everyone self-hosts for the same 4 reasons, and HexOS covers all of them now
…You're already running a server 24/7, so why not automate your smart home? I use Home Assistant, and it doesn't cost you any extra hardware or even, really, more…
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