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Tour de France Automation Magic: Connecting Zwift, Home Assistant, and Smart Lighting
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Tour de France Automation Magic: Connecting Zwift, Home Assistant, and Smart Lighting

When the Tour de France begins each summer, it turns everyday TV viewing into a months-long celebration of endurance, strategy, and pure suffering (for the riders at least). But if…
Posted by Lars 04/07/2026
Use iPhone Device Tracker to Automatically Arm and Disarm Eufy Security Cameras in Home Assistant
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Use iPhone Device Tracker to Automatically Arm and Disarm Eufy Security Cameras in Home Assistant

One of the most useful smart home automations is making your security system react automatically when you leave or arrive home. Instead of manually opening an app every day to…
Posted by Lars 01/07/2026
Flashing Your Home with WLED When Your Dreame Vacuum Finishes Cleaning (and More Fun Automations)
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Flashing Your Home with WLED When Your Dreame Vacuum Finishes Cleaning (and More Fun Automations)

Smart homes are at their best when they don’t just automate tasks—they communicate. One of the most satisfying “tiny joy” automations you can build is visual feedback: your lights reacting…
Posted by Lars 14/06/2026
Track iPhone Presence in Home Assistant Using iCloud v3
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Track iPhone Presence in Home Assistant Using iCloud v3

Tracking whether family members are home, at work, or at school is one of the most useful (and surprisingly simple) things you can do in Home Assistant. It opens the…
Posted by Lars 02/06/2026
5 Smart Tractive Automations for Home Assistant That We Actually Use
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5 Smart Tractive Automations for Home Assistant That We Actually Use

In my previous post, I walked through how to integrate Tractive with Home Assistant and expose your pet’s location, battery level, and activity data. But once you have the data……
Posted by Lars 28/05/2026
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
Advanced MySkoda Automations in Home Assistant (Real-World Use Cases)
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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…
Posted by Lars 05/04/2026
Dreame Vacuum + Home Assistant: Smart Cleaning When Nobody’s Home
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Dreame Vacuum + Home Assistant: Smart Cleaning When Nobody’s Home

Robot vacuums are one of those devices that quietly save you hours every month. But on their own, they are still fairly simple. They follow a schedule, clean predefined rooms,…
Posted by Lars 02/04/2026

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