In the first part of this beginner-friendly Home Assistant series, we looked at practical automations based on lighting and presence detection. Those automations react to…
Getting started with Home Assistant can feel overwhelming. There are thousands of integrations, countless dashboards to build, and endless possibilities for automation. But if you…
Bathrooms are funny places. One minute it’s a calm, tiled sanctuary. The next, it looks like a tropical rainforest where someone forgot to install wildlife…
If you’ve been using Home Assistant for a while, chances are you’ve had that Zigbee device. You know the one. The sensor that proudly reports…
Electric heating is common across Europe, especially in countries where panel heaters are widely used for both homes and cabins. While modern smart heaters already…
Every year on the first Friday of August, the world celebrates International Beer Day — a noble occasion dedicated to barley, hops, yeast, and the…
Smart heating and cooling is one of the easiest ways to reduce household energy consumption without sacrificing comfort. Many homes spend unnecessary energy heating or…
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…