Our smart home

Škoda Is Opening the Door to Home Assistant

For years, connecting a modern car to a smart home has sometimes felt like trying to connect two neighbours who deliberately refuse to exchange phone numbers. The car manufacturer has…

Lars 22/10/2026

Automation Home Automation Smart home

Replacing Automation Spaghetti: How Helpers, Templates and Groups Create Maintainable Home Assistant Systems

When you first start using Home Assistant, automation design feels simple. A sensor changes. Something happens. A device reacts. Your first automation might look like this: "Turn on the hallway…

Lars 18/10/2026

Automation Smart home

The Smart Home Brain: Building a Context Layer in Home Assistant

When people start building a smart home, the first automations are usually simple. A motion sensor turns on a light. A temperature sensor controls a heater. A door sensor sends…

Lars 16/10/2026

Automation Smart home

From Motion Sensors to Presence Intelligence: Why mmWave Changes Smart Home Automation

For many years, motion sensors have been the foundation of smart home lighting. Someone walks into a room. A sensor detects movement. The lights turn on. After a few minutes…

Lars 14/10/2026

Smart home

Smart Homes as Support in Everyday Life

World Mental Health Day (October 10): How Home Automation Can Improve Wellbeing October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a global reminder that mental health is just as important as…

Lars 10/10/2026

Home Automation Matter Thread

Understanding Thread in Home Assistant – Part 4: Troubleshooting, Migration and the Future of Thread

In the previous parts of this series, we explored what Thread is, how to build a reliable network in Home Assistant, and how to use Thread devices in practical automations.…

Lars 08/10/2026

Automation Home Automation Matter

Understanding Thread in Home Assistant – Part 3: Practical Automations with Thread

In Part 1 and Part 2, we focused on understanding what Thread is and how to build a stable Thread network using Home Assistant and Border Routers. Now we move…

Lars 05/10/2026

Matter Smart home Thread

Understanding Thread in Home Assistant – Part 2: Building a Reliable Thread Network

In Part 1, we covered the fundamentals of Thread: what it is, how it differs from Matter, and how End Devices, Thread Routers and Border Routers work together to form…

Lars 02/10/2026