Automations – Our smart home

Home Assistant Anniversaries: Because Forgetting Birthdays Is a Risky Automation Strategy

Home Assistant is great at turning lights on, optimizing energy usage, and telling you that the living room temperature is exactly 21.3 °C. But sometimes, the most important automations have…

Lars 22/09/2026

Automation Integration

Apple Watch Presence Automations with iCloud3 in Home Assistant

If you already use Home Assistant and own an Apple Watch, the iCloud3 integration opens up some surprisingly powerful automation possibilities. Most people think of iCloud3 as “just another device…

Lars 22/06/2026

Automation Integration

Tractive + Home Assistant: A Practical Guide to Smarter Pet Tracking

If you’ve already integrated Tractive with Home Assistant once, you probably remember how simple it was to get started. Log in, add the integration, and suddenly your pet shows up…

Lars 20/04/2026

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WLED Garage Gate Fun with Home Assistant

I love small projects that make daily life a bit smarter and a bit more fun. This one is about adding WLED lights above my garage gate, then using Home Assistant to…

Lars 19/09/2025