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People are sharing new Home Assistant setups and integrations—like a purpose-built pixel display and using KOReader as a first-class device—while also debating common implementation/design pain points. Others are discussing broader use cases beyond typical home automation, and one post focuses on installing HACS on Home Assistant running in Proxmox and Docker.

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Key Takeaway Home Assistant users are actively expanding beyond automation dashboards—building custom displays, integrating KOReader, and sharing how to set up HACS in virtualized Docker/Proxmox environments.
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Custom hardware dashboards E-readers and device integrations HACS install and self-hosting works with home assistant
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Home Assistant users are actively expanding beyond automation dashboards—building custom displays, integrating KOReader, and sharing how to set up HACS in virtualized Docker/Proxmox environments.

People are sharing new Home Assistant setups and integrations—like a purpose-built pixel display and using KOReader as a first-class device—while also debating common implementation/design pain points. Others are discussing broader use cases beyond typical home automation, and one post focuses on installing HACS on Home Assistant running in Proxmox and Docker.

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Top 1 signals · Home Assistant users are actively expanding beyond
WunderTech · 36d ago
Installing HACS on Home Assistant (Proxmox VM and Docker)

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Other Home Assistant activity — not part of the “Home Assistant users are actively expanding beyond” story
r/homeassistant · 50m ago
KOReader for Home Assistant — your Kindle as a first-class device

Briefing Findings · Home Assistant users are actively expanding beyond

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Display project Pixel display for Home Assistant with heatwave-appropriate values
Integration idea KOReader as a first-class device for Home Assistant
Tooling topic HACS installation covered for Home Assistant on Proxmox VM and Docker

What to Watch

  • Follow r/homeassistant for new custom display and device-integration builds like pixel dashboards and KOReader setups. XDA Developers
  • Look for more step-by-step posts on HACS installs across Proxmox VM and Docker configurations. WunderTech

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  • Installing HACS on Home Assistant (Proxmox VM and Docker) WunderTech
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Bare metal sounds like the best option for anything, really. You wouldn't run your home desktop PC through emulation, would you? The same goes for the smart home with Home Assistant. There's an OS package that runs on just about any hardware that meets the system requirements, and you'll have no trouble hooking up all your smart home devices and other integrations. It all just works. There's no worrying about keeping an underlying OS updated or other software that needs to run in between layers. It's the hardware, Home Assistant OS, and the familiar web UI. For many users of the platform, this

Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
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