energy management – 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 Integration

Forecast Solar in Home Assistant: Predicting Your Solar Production with Precision

If you have solar panels connected to your home, one of the most useful things you can add to Home Assistant is production forecasting. Knowing how much energy your system…

Lars 31/07/2026

Automation

Advanced MySkoda Automations in Home Assistant (Real-World Use Cases)

If you’ve already integrated your Skoda with Home Assistant using the MySkoda integration, you have unlocked access to a lot of useful vehicle data. But let’s be honest—that’s just the…

Lars 05/04/2026