AI has been the buzzword of recent years and will continue to be so for the next few years. In my view, however, there are differences in AI. There are those that supposedly take our jobs away, those ...
Many of you will be familiar with Paperless-ngx. It is a tool for digitising and managing your documents. In general, I think the idea of a document management system is a good one. Until now, I have ...
To get more out of your Home Assistant installation, you can install Portainer as a Home Assistant add-on. For those who are not familiar with Portainer: it allows you to install and configure Docker ...
With this post, I would like to introduce a new category: My Automations! Here, I would like to present some small but useful automations. These usually work without a lot of bells and whistles. Today...
Haven’t we all had that moment when we couldn’t remember where we parked our car?Whether you’re on the road or at home (for those who don’t have a garage), it can be helpful to...
I previously showed you how to integrate Telegram into Home Assistant and what the advantages are. This time, I would like to show you how to control Home Assistant with Telegram. We only need two aut...
I know, I know… At first glance, Telegram has a bad reputation. However, the Home Assistant Telegram integration can have certain advantages over normal app notifications. In this post, I’...
The smart home only works well as long as everything is done the way you are used to. But what if something is not ‘normal’? Someone is staying over, you are on holiday or you are having a party. Of c...
I had wanted a sensor that detects whether someone is in bed for quite some time. This is particularly useful if you have cats that may trigger motion detectors in the middle of the night and turn on ...
It’s slowly starting to get cold again. Time to use Home Assistant to control the heating again. But this time even smarter than before. With Better Thermostat! You’re probably wondering h...
