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… Spend 20 minutes installing a local service wrapper on your rig tonight. Turn your PC into an architectural smart home anchor and finally experience automation that actually understands what you're doing. …
… If you don't have the structure, entities, sensors, and automations in place, the model simply does not have enough context to work with. On top of Home Assistant sits Ollama, which is responsible for running local language models directly on consumer hardware. …
… Automations and actions feel instant. My routines and scenes work without a hiccup. My smart home has over 12 different smart devices connected — a mix of Zigbee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. I trimmed down automations to under 20 and have a large majority of devices working locally. …
… I mapped a local folder on my SSD to the /config directory inside the container. This meant that no matter how many times I updated or moved the container, my automations, dashboards, and integrations remained untouched. …
… Replacing Google Assistant with a local LLM A private voice assistant that works locally With the help of a local LLM and Home Assistant’s voice pipeline, I built a private voice assistant that works locally. …
… For automation, users can set custom warning orange and critical red thresholds for each measured parameter. …
… It's the ultimate digital glue that turns a drawer full of old dev boards and sensors into a high-end, local-only smart home system . Related Curtain automation is fun, but the weird smart home projects are where things get really useful Make your smart home work for you. …
… No automation worked. …
… If you’re using a Raspberry Pi 5 for home automation, don’t stop at Home Assistant. It’s a good place for lightweight supporting services like MQTT, uptime monitoring, local dashboards, or DNS helpers, as long as you keep the workload sensible. …
… Related Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen Local LLMs made my Home Assistant setup far more responsive than any app or integration Devices with batteries have always been a pain to troubleshoot As a tinkerer who’s a member of both the home lab and … …