home assistant automation – 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 Integration

Turning a Bambu Lab 3D Printer into a Smart Home Device with Home Assistant

A modern 3D printer is already a surprisingly smart piece of equipment. It knows what it is printing, how far the print has progressed, which layer it is working on,…

Lars 24/09/2026

Automation Smart home

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…

Lars 08/09/2026

Automation

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…

Lars 26/08/2026

Automation Smart home

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…

Lars 22/08/2026

Home Automation Zigbee

120 Zigbee Devices Later: My Move from Zigbee2MQTT to ZHA

I have recently started a new project in my Home Assistant setup that I have called "Better Zigbee". The goal is not necessarily to replace something that was broken. In…

Lars 25/07/2026

Automation Integration

Integrating Zwift with Home Assistant Using the Updated zwift_hass Integration

Indoor cycling has become much more engaging with platforms like Zwift. But if you are already heavily invested in Home Assistant, it becomes even more interesting when your cycling sessions…

Lars 08/07/2026

Automation Home Automation Z-wave

Smart Night Security with Z-Wave JS UI and Home Assistant

Home Assistant continues to be one of the best platforms for building advanced smart home automations without depending on cloud services. One area where Home Assistant truly shines is security…

Lars 25/06/2026