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Making Your Home Safer with Smart Smoke Detectors in Home Assistant (Part 1)
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Making Your Home Safer with Smart Smoke Detectors in Home Assistant (Part 1)

Fire safety is one of those topics that rarely gets attention in smart home setups—until something happens. In reality, smoke alarms are still one of the most important safety devices…
Posted by Lars 14/09/2026
Building a Personalized Smart Home Gym with Home Assistant
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Building a Personalized Smart Home Gym with Home Assistant

A home gym is usually just a room with some equipment, a TV, and maybe a speaker. But what if the room could adapt automatically to the person using it?…
Posted by Lars 11/09/2026
When Your Mother-in-Law Comes to Visit: Calendar-Driven Guest Mode in Home Assistant
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When Your Mother-in-Law Comes to Visit: Calendar-Driven Guest Mode in Home Assistant

One of the most underrated integrations in Home Assistant is the humble calendar. Most people use calendars for reminders, birthdays, or garbage collection schedules. Useful? Absolutely. Exciting? Not exactly. But…
Posted by Lars 08/09/2026
Beginner-Friendly Home Assistant Automations, Part 3: Smart Notifications and Monitoring
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Beginner-Friendly Home Assistant Automations, Part 3: Smart Notifications and Monitoring

In Part 1 of this series, we explored automations based on lighting and presence detection. In Part 2, we looked at time-based automations and daily routines. Now it is time…
Posted by Lars 04/09/2026
Beginner-Friendly Home Assistant Automations, Part 2: Time and Daily Routines
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Beginner-Friendly Home Assistant Automations, Part 2: Time and Daily Routines

In the first part of this beginner-friendly Home Assistant series, we looked at practical automations based on lighting and presence detection. Those automations react to what is happening right now:…
Posted by Lars 01/09/2026
5 Useful Home Assistant Automations You Can Build in 30 Minutes
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5 Useful Home Assistant Automations You Can Build in 30 Minutes

Getting started with Home Assistant can feel overwhelming. There are thousands of integrations, countless dashboards to build, and endless possibilities for automation. But if you are just starting out, the…
Posted by Lars 29/08/2026
Celebrating International Dog Day with Home Assistant: Because Your Dog Deserves Better Automation Than You Do
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Celebrating International Dog Day with Home Assistant: Because Your Dog Deserves Better Automation Than You Do

Every year on August 26th, the world celebrates International Dog Day — a day dedicated to appreciating our loyal companions, their unwavering affection, and their remarkable ability to somehow detect…
Posted by Lars 26/08/2026
Building an Evening Mode in Home Assistant
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Building an Evening Mode in Home Assistant

A smart home should not only react to individual events but also adapt to routines throughout the day. One of the most useful automations I have built in Home Assistant…
Posted by Lars 22/08/2026

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