Haier, the air conditioner maker, takes down open source third-party Home Assistant integration (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10882099...
Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Home Assistant 2024.2: More voice, more icons, more integrations, more... everything! (www.home-assistant.io)
Home Assistant 2024.4: Organize all the things! (www.home-assistant.io)
Finally! My own working LCARs panels! (lemm.ee)
I've been putting this off for way too long but I finally installed the LCARs theme in my HA and got to work redesigning all my dashboards.
Home Assistant 2024.3: Drag 'n Drop it like it's hot! 🎉 (www.home-assistant.io)
The little smart home platform that could How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product. (www.theverge.com)
I was wrong to ignore Zigbee and Z-Wave. They’re the best part of my smart home. (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/7783032...
I built a smart mailbox
It was a long running project, but I finally did it. I built what I'm calling a smart mailbox that communicates the presence of mail locally with Home Assistant via ESPHome....
My friends and family don't understand why I'm so happy with my air fryer notification.
"Hur Hur that's what a timer on your phone is for dude"...
Haier response to my feedback after Louis' YT video.
Just got this email from Haier (US) who seems to be distancing themselves from the EU division's decision to block Home Assistance....
Home Assistant 2024.5: Just a little bit smaller (www.home-assistant.io)
Using Home Assistant to protect from missile and drone attacks (denysdovhan.com)
Show us your dashboards
Mine have always been a bit functional, and I'm curious what more creative people have achieved....
How To Build a Stable and Robust Zigbee Network (smarthomescene.com)
Nabu Casa joins the Z-Wave Alliance (www.home-assistant.io)
From the blog post:...
Ohhh that's why you run actions in Parallel
This is surely common knowledge for some of you but I thought I'd share a story, as this just made me cringe...
Share your favorite automations
I've been running HA for a while, and it's been working well; I haven't had to change much in a few months. That being said, it's fun to tinker with it, and I'm curious to hear what kind of automations the rest of the community is using. What automations are you most proud of? What are your favorite? What kind of interesting...
The best and worst decisions I made for my smart home - YouTube (youtube.com)
Tracking the temperature drop during the eclipse with Home Assistant! (lemmy.world)
I've got a weather station outside and I use this add on to bring it into HA. We only had 79.8% coverage during the eclipse, but there was a noticeable drop in temperature!
TIL: How to Wake up a Laptop without WoL
I've had a laptop that I've never been able to get WoL (Wireless or otherwise) to work, no matter what I tried. Recently realized that the Bluetooth keyboard I used was able to wake it with a key press though....
Always have a backup ready, go check now
I thought I had a backup. I use the Gdrive add-on and it should have had a backup....
Finally figured out why Espresence was so shit
I woke up this morning at 6 am with IBS cramps. I tried to go back to bed but I'd woken fully up so by half 7 I was sat at my PC with a brew for some uninterrupted tinkering....
I'm still having fun with esphome
Since my air fryer notification I've bought 2 more Esp32 Dev boards from The Greal Mall of China- AliExpress. A couple days later I'd read about MMwave sensors and purchased a couple of those too....
Presence Detection for a Child with no Phone.
Next school year, my son will be left home after school for a few hours while my wife and I are at work. I'm looking for a way to detect when he's home and have the front door unlock (among other automation scripts that are in place)....