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Here's what makes Home Assistant work so well in my smart home (and it's not the army of Zigbee sensors)
Making it as beginner-friendly as possible.
A few Zigbee sensors and a light switch replaced my $250 Ring alarm system
Protecting the home for less.
This one community Home Assistant integration saves me hundreds each year
The dream integration for an all-electric home.
I stopped using Wi-Fi smart plugs after switching to Zigbee relays, and my automations never fail anymore
I was fed up of my devices going offline.
Windows 11 and my old Android phone made buying a webcam feel like a waste of money
A decade of webcam stagnation meets a modern workaround using Windows 11 and a phone's superior camera hardware.
I tore apart my home network only to discover my Ethernet cables were the problem
Flat Ethernet is the bane of my existance
Consolidating my NAS, PoE switch, and NVR into the UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 saved me more than just space
I could get rid of three separate devices.
Home Assistant blueprints finally stopped my copy-paste automation nightmare
I stopped rebuilding the same Home Assistant automations.
I paired local cameras with Home Assistant's AI, and my footage finally stays off the cloud
And my alerts are actually customized.
Push notifications finally solved my home lab alerting problem that email never could
Emails can get lost in the shuffle, but ntfy catches downtime instantly
60GHz radar finally solved the problem that's been killing smart home lighting for years
Motion sensors know you walked into a room, but 60GHz radar can know where you are inside it.
My smart home finally answers me without the internet, and the model doing it runs on a mini PC
You don't need to give up your privacy.
The inexpensive sensor in my fridge is the best money I've ever spent on my smart home
You have no idea how much produce my fridge spoiled before this
I gave my smart home a bedtime button, and it actually makes every night a little bit easier
I finally got rid of nighttime chores.
I gave Home Assistant a local LLM for voice control, then turned it off for most of what I say
Now I get the best of both worlds.
Home Assistant couldn't do the automation I wanted, so I linked it to Node-RED instead
Home Assistant hit its limits
I installed a UPS for my smart home and Home Assistant still couldn't save my automations
Sometimes your smart home isn't very smart at all
My old laptop became a game-streaming hub and ad-blocking powerhouse, and now it's irreplaceable on my home network
This $0 laptop upgrade blocks ads network-wide and streams games to any screen in my house