Smart home guides keep pushing the wrong starter setup – here are some tips that actually work
… So, here are some tips to ensure you don’t fall into the pitfalls afflicting beginner smart home setups in 2026. …
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I turned an old iPhone into a Home Assistant wall panel, and it beats every dedicated controller I've tried
… The same goes for an army of Zigbee devices, all controlled via an integration for network management within the platform itself. …
The ESP32 makes more sense than a Raspberry Pi for your smart home
… For that, he has worked for some of the biggest international technology publications, covering news, explainers, how-to guides, listicles, and product-buying guides. …
Node-RED unlocks smart home automations that Home Assistant's UI was never designed to handle
… Be forewarned that you'll need a GitHub account to use HACS, which relies on Microsoft's platform for authentication. Simply install HACS by: Head to the official HACS website Follow the instructions that match your HA setup . …
Home Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
… For that, he has worked for some of the biggest international technology publications, covering news, explainers, how-to guides, listicles, and product-buying guides. …
Proxmox gave me Home Assistant plus a NAS, media server, and backup system on one PC
… My Proxmox home lab is fantastic Regardless of whether my services live directly in Proxmox or in TrueNAS under it, it's all still powered by the same platform at its core, and it's incredible that a single platform can be home to so many useful tools. …
I Set Up My Own NAS Server, and It Was Surprisingly Easy
… There’s a huge range, and they vary in setup and configuration complexity. …
Smart Home Reviews
… Fall into smarter lighting From circadian rhythm lamps to immersive TV backlighting and festive outdoor setups, smart lighting is easier and more versatile than ever. …
I fine-tuned a 7B model to write my Home Assistant automations, and it actually works
… I used Unsloth inside Nvidia's official PyTorch Docker container for the DGX Spark platform. The setup was straightforward: pull the container, install Unsloth and its dependencies, and point the training script at my dataset. …
OpenClaw promised a self-hosted AI assistant I could actually leave running, but Hermes Agent is the one that delivers it
… Per the OpenClaw docs, this setup is out of scope. …