Smart Home Assistant Local AI Hub with Matter 1.3 and Secure Automations
The Home Assistant local AI hub is no longer a niche experiment — in 2026, it has become the most practical way to run a private, reliable, and…
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SMART Sniffer Home Assistant Notifications
In my previous post we got SMART Sniffer running and every drive showing up as a Home Assistant device. The persistent notification system that ships with SMART Sniffer…
SMART Sniffer for Home Assistant: Complete Drive Health Setup
If you already use Home Assistant as your homelab control center, the SMART Sniffer Home Assistant Setup is the fastest way to get drive health alerts without running…
Home Assistant Custom Dashboard Strategies Get a Powerful New API in 2026.5
Starting with Home Assistant 2026.5, developers can now officially register Home Assistant custom dashboard strategies — making them discoverable directly in the UI, just like custom cards. This…
IP Camera Stream Discovery with Strix Home Assistant Add-on
Ever bought a cheap IP camera and spent hours hunting for the right RTSP URL? You’re not alone. Most budget cameras ship with zero documentation, wrong stream paths,…
CrowdSec Home Assistant Dashboard: Monitor Active Bans in Real Time
This post is a direct continuation of CrowdSec with Nginx Proxy Manager on Home Assistant OS: 8 Steps to Ultimate Homelab Security. If you haven’t set up CrowdSec…
CrowdSec with Nginx Proxy Manager on Home Assistant OS: 8 Steps to Ultimate Homelab Security
If you’re running Home Assistant OS with Nginx Proxy Manager as an add-on and have multiple services exposed to the internet — Bitwarden, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant itself…
Build an ESP32-4848S040 Media Controller with ESPHome and LVGL That Actually Works
Want a dedicated touchscreen panel to control your music without touching your phone? 🎵 This guide shows you exactly how I built an ESP32-4848S040 Media Controller with ESPHome…
Home Assistant 2026.4 New Features: Areas Dashboard, AI Assist Visibility & Smart Automations
Home Assistant 2026.4 new features landed on April 2, 2026 — and this is one of the most interesting releases in a while. If you’re running a homelab…
Creality K1 Max Moonraker Home Assistant Helper Script
Creality K1 Max Moonraker Home Assistant fix guide: restore Moonraker after a firmware update so Home Assistant can connect again. ✅ Creality K1 Max Moonraker Home Assistant: what…