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My microwave knocked my Zigbee sensors offline every lunch, and one channel change fixed it
My router took the blame first, and it was innocent.
I stopped paying for 3 cloud subscriptions after deploying Immich, Vaultwarden, and Nextcloud on a mini PC
The mini PC paid for itself in months.
I put my Zigbee coordinator on a USB extension cable, and half my flaky sensors started working
Interference may be destroying your smart home.
Zigbee's best feature isn't battery life, it's that the network gets stronger with every device you add
You don't need to worry about overwhelming your network.
Phone GPS is the worst way to do presence detection, and it's why most smart homes feel dumb at the front door
Switching to BLE made such a difference to my smart home.
Smart Connect is the first thing I turn off on any new router, and my smart home is the reason
You might be destroying your IoT devices.
HACS is becoming an official Home Assistant marketplace, so I cleaned out integrations I'd forgotten about
Performance and security boost.
Home Assistant automations kept firing on dead sensor data until I added this check
How long has your smart home been acting on yesterday’s data?
Apple takes on the Echo Show and the Nest Hub with the HomeView, a Siri AI-powered smart display
The smart home hub kind of looks like an iPad mini strapped to a HomePod mini.
3 cheap sensors that made my smart home more useful than any smart speaker did
My home is now truly automated.
I integrated Proxmox with Home Assistant, and my home lab manages itself now
Home Assistant automations control my Proxmox lab
I put Zigbee sensors on every door and window, and my smart home beats more expensive regular alarm systems
Creating a makeshift alarm system can save you big time.
Old Android phones make better smart home wall panels than any $200 displays
Home Assistant can turn even a regular old phone into a powerful smart home panel
The most important piece of my smart home puzzle is on sale right now; don't miss this deal
Creating a dedicated smart home network.
Home Assistant doesn't just control smart devices, and that's where it gets interesting
The center of the home.
Prime Big Deal Days mean big discounts on Waterdrop Filter systems
This article is sponsored by Waterdrop Filter
I replaced every cloud automation in my house with a local n8n workflow, and my smart home finally feels like mine
And none of my data leaves my house.
One VLAN setting locked down my smart home and stopped every device from phoning home
My smart devices finally stopped snooping
I ignored Home Assistant's map for years until the new beta made it worth opening
We know where you are. (We don't.)
I stopped using cloud weather APIs after setting up a local environmental station, and my HVAC automations run flawlessly
My automations shouldn't rely on someone else's data.