Home Assistant
Home Assistant Security Update Addresses 2 Vulnerabilities
Home Assistant fixes separate IPP-discovery SSRF and Statistics Graph tooltip script injection. Select a supported release containing both Core and frontend fixes, restrict untrusted discovery traffic, and retain configuration backups before updating.
Smart Home Device Inventory: The Spreadsheet That Saves Your Future Self
Map smart-home devices to controllers, entities, power sources and dependent automations. Store setup-code references rather than secrets in the inventory, and keep a protected copy available when the controller is down.
Thread Troubleshooting: Border Routers, Split Networks, and the New Thread Tools App
A Thread troubleshooting guide for smart homes, covering border routers, split networks, Matter controllers, Home Assistant, Thread Tools, and IPv6.
Home Assistant Update Plan: How to Upgrade Without Breaking the House
A Home Assistant maintenance guide for reading release notes, backing up, updating Core/OS/add-ons safely, smoke testing automations, and rolling back.
Local Water Meter Monitoring: Privacy, Radio Data, and Safe Setup
Build a receive-only water-monitoring workflow without opening or modifying utility equipment. Check authorization, radio and cloud dependencies, data retention, leak alerts, and what detailed usage can reveal about a household.
Repairable Smart-Home Device Checklist: Parts, Recovery, and Cloud Exit
Before the return window closes, verify replaceable service parts, local operation, firmware support, documented reset and re-pairing, backup and recovery, and a workable exit from the vendor's hub or cloud.
From Homelab Chatbot to a Private AI Operations Platform
Extend a local chatbot with document retrieval, bounded tools, monitoring, and backups only after defining permissions, ownership, failure behavior, and recovery; begin with read-only assistance.
Home Assistant Entities, Devices, and Automations
Home Assistant is easier to design and debug when integrations, devices, entities, areas, scenes, scripts, and automations each have a clear job.
Home Assistant Local Voice Control: Build a Private Voice Assistant That Actually Works
Home Assistant can run voice control locally, but the best setup depends on whether you want easy commands, full speech recognition, DIY satellites, or a hybrid cloud fallback.
Matter in 2026: Buy, Wait, or Bridge?
Matter is useful now, but not universally better than native integrations or existing hubs. Decide when to buy native Matter gear, wait, or bridge what you own.