Tag: IOT

Home Assistant Leak Detection Automations

Home Assistant Leak Detection Automations

A practical Home Assistant leak-detection automation pattern using a water shutoff valve, maintenance guards, Activity Feed logging, Repairs tracking, and actionable phone notifications. Read More

Turn a Cheap Fire Tablet Into a Home Assistant Camera Kiosk

Turn a Cheap Fire Tablet Into a Home Assistant Camera Kiosk

A cheap Fire tablet becomes much more useful when it has one focused Home Assistant job: a purpose-built camera kiosk with big camera tiles, Fully ... Read More

What’s Running in Home Assistant? A Lovelace Card

What’s Running in Home Assistant? A Lovelace Card

If you're a Home Assistant user, you know that automations can be an incredibly useful tool for automating tasks and making your smart home more ... Read More

Unboxing the $440 VilliaNeri Light Starter Pack!

Unboxing the $440 VilliaNeri Light Starter Pack!

I was sent this starter pack from VillaNERI to check out and WOW! These lights are pretty elegant looking! The price tag is a little ... Read More

Wink is Garbage

Wink is Garbage

I've posted before about the changes Wink forced on their user base post-purchase and the time has finally come to ditch the product altogether. With ... Read More