#homeassistant

I moved Home Assistant onto a machine of its own this month — a small cloud VM, nothing sitting at...

The Home Assistant that runs my house is on 2024.11.1, released in November 2024. The current version...

My automations.yaml had quietly grown into a 60 KB monster. 2,144 lines. 63 automations stacked end...

A ZoomEye fingerprint count of internet-visible Home Assistant installations, what the number does and does not mean, and the operational decisions that keep an automation control plane out of reach.

Crossposted from my blog, where the rest of the KNX and Home Assistant series lives. I lost an...

Building a Reliable ESP32-S3 Voice Satellite: I2S, PDM, and the Audio Pipeline You're...

I never thought about automation as something that could be integrated to my daily routine. You see,...

Home Assistant lighting lessons from WLED and WiZ: a brightness-0 no-op, a TV that is never off, D65 bias light and bulbs that lie about state.

Crossposted from my blog, where the rest of the Home Assistant series lives. The most interesting...

From P1 Port to Home Assistant in 4 Hours: Reading a Belgian Smart Meter with ESP32 I wanted one...

Your Smart Lights Are Trapped in an Ecosystem. Here Are the 4 Paths Out (2026...

Debugging Long-Uptime ESPHome Devices on ESP32 ESPHome devices that fail after days or...