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Most Home Assistant setups grow the same weed: five separate automations that all do roughly the same thing, one per trigger. Home Assistant 2026.10 finally gave trigger IDs a real interface, so those five can…
Read article: Trigger IDs in Home Assistant 2026.10: Replace 5 Automations with 1A delayed Home Assistant action can be canceled by a restart. Save the shutoff as a real date and time instead, then let an automation check that deadline both when it arrives and when Home…
Read article: Restart-Safe Timed Switch in Home AssistantIn this post I will try to address the issue of radiation exposure in the context of WiFi Calling vs Regular cellular calls. Understanding SAR and Phone Radiation Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) measures the rate…
Read article: Radiation Exposure: WiFi Calling vs. Cellular CallsIf you’ve spent any time in a corporate setting, you’re likely familiar with the dreaded “Your password will expire in 7 days” prompt. For years, forced password rotations —requiring users to change their passwords on…
Read article: Should you force user to rotate password?When integrating Zigbee devices with Home Assistant, you have two main options: Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) and Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M). Both solutions are powerful but cater to different user needs. In this post, we’ll compare them…
Read article: ZHA vs. Zigbee2MQTT: Which One Should You Choose for Home Assistant?I manage a service that utilizes whatsapp-web.js to send messages to large (more than 400 participants) groups. This service operates on an Ubuntu Linux server and is implemented using a Node.js script.
Read article: Sending messages to large groups is slow on whatsapp-web.jsIf you are using Home Assistant, either via a virtual machine or directly on a desktop computer, the best way to shut down Home Assistant without causing inconsistencies is to gracefully shut down the host.
Read article: Gracefully shut down Home Assistant with CLII wanted to give a few examples of how to use the time pattern trigger for automation in Home Assistant. This trigger is very powerful and can achieve precise timings of repetitive tasks. You can…
Read article: Time Pattern Trigger Examples for Home AssistantAre you having issues with Tuya integration on Home-Assistant? Well, unfortunately, some versions of HA cause it to stop receiving updates to sensors/devices (lights, air condition, etc.). Most of the time, reloading the integration via…
Read article: Reload Tuya Integration Every One Hour on Home AssistantNot much is commonly known about the importance of the quality of the air we breathe. Unfortunately, probably most of our time is spent in places that do not have clean air. This can be…
Read article: Xiaomi Mi Air Purifier 3H with Home Assistant Review
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