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Small stickers/cards for triggering Home Assistant actions from a phone tap. They are a cheap way to test physical-context automations without adding another powered device. Read More

Home Assistant Package Reminder: Camera to Phone Alert

How I use Home Assistant, LLM Vision, a front-door camera event, and a simple helper state to send useful package reminders only when there is ... Read More

All the Home Assistant Garage Automations We Actually Use

How I use Home Assistant garage door events as a reliable smart home signal for arrival handling, actionable entry prompts, lighting, wind alerts, nighttime checks, ... Read More

Gear List: Text-First Catalog for Home Assistant

I get asked two questions all the time: “What gear are you using?” and “What do you actually recommend for Home Assistant?” This is my ... Read More

zLauncher v5 – Features gone wild!

Here is another great release of zLauncher by Jacques Bensimon! This is one of my favorite productivity booster apps that I use on a daily ... Read More