I don’t like the heat. I hate being hot. Always have. I’m the guy who will leave the windows open when others have already turned on the furnace. And I used to be guy who ran the AC all the time and ran it at a very low temp. Recently though, I’ve come to realize that as long as it’s colder in here than it is out there, it’s all good. However, the delta has be more than just a few degrees. And I need the fan on.
read moreFor a while now, I’ve been automating my apartment using the automations component of Home Assistant. In fact, I had amassed quite the collection of automations and was starting to have a problem keeping track of them all and their various interactions (intentional or otherwise). So earlier this year when Home Assistant introduced automation debugging I decided to sit down and refactor the whole thing.
read moreAn update on my use Home Assistant, I’m no longer running it inside Podman as detailed here. In fact, I’m no longer running it on the NUC at all. Instead, I bought myself a Home Assistant Blue. I bought the ‘dev mode’ version just in case I want to tinker with things further, but I could have gone with the ‘Zen mode’ version just as easily.
read moreI finally saved up and bought myself a smart lock at the end of April. I ended up getting the August Smart Lock Pro with the Connect module. Now that I’ve used it for a month and a half, I feel like I can finally review it.
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