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Building a Personalized Smart Home Gym with Home Assistant
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Building a Personalized Smart Home Gym with Home Assistant

A home gym is usually just a room with some equipment, a TV, and maybe a speaker. But what if the room could adapt automatically to the person using it?…
Posted by Lars 11/09/2026
5 Useful Home Assistant Automations You Can Build in 30 Minutes
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5 Useful Home Assistant Automations You Can Build in 30 Minutes

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 are just starting out, the…
Posted by Lars 29/08/2026
Building an Evening Mode in Home Assistant
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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…
Posted by Lars 22/08/2026
🍺 International Beer Day Meets Home Assistant: When Your House Starts Celebrating Before You Do
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🍺 International Beer Day Meets Home Assistant: When Your House Starts Celebrating Before You Do

Every year on the first Friday of August, the world celebrates International Beer Day — a noble occasion dedicated to barley, hops, yeast, and the ancient human tradition of saying:…
Posted by Lars 07/08/2026
Getting Started with Apple TV in Home Assistant: A Practical Beginner Setup Guide
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Getting Started with Apple TV in Home Assistant: A Practical Beginner Setup Guide

Integrating Home Assistant with Apple TV is one of the most practical upgrades you can make if your living room revolves around streaming, movies, and smart lighting. Apple TV is…
Posted by Lars 04/08/2026
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
Smart Night Security with Z-Wave JS UI and Home Assistant
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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…
Posted by Lars 25/06/2026
Apple Watch Presence Automations with iCloud3 in Home Assistant
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Apple Watch Presence Automations with iCloud3 in Home Assistant

If you already use Home Assistant and own an Apple Watch, the iCloud3 integration opens up some surprisingly powerful automation possibilities. Most people think of iCloud3 as “just another device…
Posted by Lars 22/06/2026

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