When [Marsupial] picked up a vintage Sansusi P-L45 turntable, he figured it would be an easy fix: a few capacitors, a belt or two, and maybe a new cartridge, the …read more

Solar power has gotten cheap enough that putting up panels is among the cheapest ways of providing energy. This isn’t just the case for bulk electricity on a power grid, …read more

There are lots of smart home systems that will let you blast your older dumb appliances with infrared to control them. However, many are tied to ugly cloud systems that …read more

If you put a bunch of computers in charge of your house, it’s generally desirable to ensure their up-time is as close to 100% as possible. An uninterruptible power supply …read more

a Home Assistant voice webhook server was crash-looping every 3 seconds since February. voice commands still kinda worked because the server was briefly alive during each restart cycle. the root cause was a single missing await.

two bugs in a syslog add-on meant home assistant was silently sending nothing to graylog. both bugs were invisible.

Meshtastic has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, as the off-grid, long-range radio text messaging protocol gains a ton of new users. It’s been used to create mesh …read more

As far as punctuation goes, the exclamation mark is perhaps the most eye-catching of the bunch. That’s why Conrad Farnsworth] thought this form would be perfect for his Home Assistant […read more

In many places, municipal water from a utility is something that’s often taken for granted. A local government or water utility will employ a water tower or pumping facility to …read more

Computers are very good at doing exactly what they’re told. They’re still not very good at coming up with helpful suggestions of their own. They’re very much more about following …read more

Although there are a few robots on the market that can make life a bit easier, plenty of them have closed-source software or smartphone apps required for control that may …read more

When you get into home automation and want to control your heating intelligently, there's one essential component: temperature sensors. Without them, it's impossible to know if it's 18°C or 22°C in the living room, and therefore impossible to regulate anything. After more than two years tinkering with my heating system using Home Assistant, I'm sharing my experience with two models of Zigbee…

Cuando te metes en la domótica y quieres controlar la calefacción de forma inteligente, hay un componente esencial: los sensores de temperatura. Sin ellos, es imposible saber si hace 18°C o 22°C en el salón, y por tanto imposible regular nada. Después de más de dos años trasteando con mi sistema de calefacción usando Home Assistant, comparto mi experiencia con dos modelos de sensores Zigbee.

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Quand on se lance dans la domotique et qu'on veut contrôler son chauffage intelligemment, il y a un truc incontournable : les sondes de température. Sans elles, impossible de savoir s'il fait 18°C ou 22°C dans le salon, et donc impossible de réguler quoi que ce soit. Après plus de deux ans à bidouiller mon système de chauffage avec Home Assistant, je te partage mon retour d'expérience sur deux…

giving home assistant a catgirl brain — from webhook to spoken word.