In the world of home automation, Home Assistant is one of the most popular platforms for connecting various smart devices and services. One particularly useful function is the ability to create automated notifications that inform the user of important events or actions that need to be taken. Read more...
Wallos is an open source web application designed to manage personal subscriptions and expenses. It offers features such as subscription tracking, category management, multi-currency support with exchange rate integration and privacy protection. Users can also benefit from customizable categories, mobile accessibility and various Read more...
Are you curious about how you can effectively track people and activities in your home? With Home Assistant, you have a powerful tool at your fingertips to help you do just that. Whether you just want to know when the kids are home from school Read more...
I was lucky enough to be sent a Welock SECBN51 Smart Lock fingerprint door lock cylinder and am now allowed to test it extensively. First of all: My opinion is not bought, and I am completely free to say what I think. Now I would like to give you my Read more...
Have you ever lost track of the batteries in your smart home devices? Don't worry, you're not alone. Fortunately, there's a simple solution: Home Assistant and the handy Battery Notes add-on. In this blog article, I'll show you how to Read more...
Do you know that? Sometimes you just fancy some mixed music. Your favorite songs from different genres or decades in one playlist. Unfortunately, you can't play playlist folders on your smartphone, only individual playlists. It's different on the PC, Read more...
n8n is a powerful workflow automation tool that allows you to connect different applications and services and create complex automations. In this blog article, I will show you how to install n8n with Docker and explain the various options available to you. Read more...
Every Monday, Spotify surprises you with a new playlist: your mix of the week, also known as Discover Weekly. This playlist is specially tailored to your musical tastes and contains 30 songs that you may never have heard before. But here lies Read more...
Welcome to this tutorial, in which you will learn how to measure the power consumption of non-smart devices. We use Home Assistant and the PowerCalc plugin for this. With a virtual sensor, you can keep an eye on your energy consumption and make it more efficient. So Read more...
Welcome to this practical blog article where I will show you step by step how to set up Samba (SMB) on an Ubuntu Linux system. This guide will help you to quickly and efficiently create a working Samba environment to share files between different operating systems. Read more...
