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May the 4th Be With Your Home Assistant – Fun Star Wars Automations
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May the 4th Be With Your Home Assistant – Fun Star Wars Automations

Every year on May 4th, tech enthusiasts and sci-fi fans alike celebrate Star Wars Day. It’s the perfect excuse to combine automation, creativity, and a bit of humor inside your…
Posted by Lars 04/05/2026
Integrating Garmin Connect with Home Assistant: Ideas, Automations, and Practical Use Cases
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Integrating Garmin Connect with Home Assistant: Ideas, Automations, and Practical Use Cases

Wearables generate a surprising amount of useful data, but much of it stays locked inside their own ecosystem. By integrating Garmin Connect with Home Assistant, you can bring your health…
Posted by Lars 30/04/2026
Monitoring Gas Bottle Levels with ESPHome, HX711, and Home Assistant
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Monitoring Gas Bottle Levels with ESPHome, HX711, and Home Assistant

Knowing how much gas is left in a propane or butane bottle is important. It is one of those small things that can make a big difference in everyday life.…
Posted by Lars 25/04/2026
Tractive + Home Assistant: A Practical Guide to Smarter Pet Tracking
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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…
Posted by Lars 20/04/2026
Starlink Integration in Home Assistant: Making Your Cottage Internet Smarter
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Starlink Integration in Home Assistant: Making Your Cottage Internet Smarter

When I first wrote about getting Starlink at the cottage, the focus was simple: reliable internet in a remote place. That alone felt like a small miracle compared to the…
Posted by Lars 16/04/2026
Tracking the Northern Lights with Home Assistant’s Aurora Integration
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Tracking the Northern Lights with Home Assistant’s Aurora Integration

If you live anywhere in Northern Europe, you already know the feeling. There is a sudden alert. You make a quick glance outside. Maybe, just maybe, the sky lights up.…
Posted by Lars 08/04/2026
Supercharge Your European Smart Home: Automate Your Stellantis EV with Ecowitt Weather Data in Home Assistant
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Supercharge Your European Smart Home: Automate Your Stellantis EV with Ecowitt Weather Data in Home Assistant

Imagine a cold, drizzly winter morning in Berlin, or a crisp, chilly evening in Lyon. You step outside. Your car’s cabin is already warm and defrosted. The battery is preconditioned…
Posted by Lars 25/03/2026
Build a Smarter, Local-First Home with ESPHome, Eufy Security and Zigbee2MQTT
Posted inAutomation Home Automation Smart home

Build a Smarter, Local-First Home with ESPHome, Eufy Security and Zigbee2MQTT

A good smart home is not the one with the most devices. It is the one that makes reliable decisions. That usually means moving away from cloud-heavy gadgets. You aim…
Posted by Lars 23/03/2026

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