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Smart Home clever: use AI automations in Home Assistant

Imagine your smart home thinks for itself - for real. No more static if-then rules, but intelligent suggestions based on your usage habits. Sounds like science fiction? It's not! With the AI Automation Suggester, you can bring artificial intelligence directly into your home. Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 12 months ago 21. April 2025
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Smart Home

Home Assistant: Supervised, Docker or OS? The big comparison

At the time the video was recorded and the blog post was written, it was not clear that Supervised would no longer be supported. You should switch to one of the other two variants. Either your own device with OS or as a Docker Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 12 months ago 22. June 2025
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RomM: Manage & share all games & emulators centrally

Do you have an extensive collection of retro and modern games? With RomM you can manage all your games and emulators centrally and even share them with friends. As an open-source project, RomM offers you full control over your data and a variety of Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 21. April 2025
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Beszel: Simple server & docker monitoring for Homelabs

If you want to keep your Homelab under control without messing around with complex tools like Prometheus or Grafana, Beszel is for you. This lean monitoring tool offers you everything you need - from system metrics to Docker statistics to Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 21. April 2025
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Magic Areas for Home Assistant: Autopilot for automations

Home Assistant is a fantastic tool for automating your smart home according to your wishes. But the more devices you add, the more complex the whole thing becomes. This is where Magic Areas comes in! With this extension, you can make your home even Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 14. April 2025
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Home Assistant Switch Manager: Manage all wireless switches

If you use Home Assistant and have several wireless switches in use, you know the problem: button presses quickly get mixed up, actions overlap - and you lose track. This is exactly where the Home Assistant Switch Manager comes into play. This Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 21. April 2025
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How to integrate landline calls smartly into your smart home

The FRITZ!Box is much more than just a router - it can add useful functions to your smart home. One of these is the FRITZ!Box Callmonitor, which allows you to intelligently integrate landline calls. Perfect if you want to manage calls on different devices. Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 12 months ago 24. June 2025
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Home Assistant: Finally integrate all calendars!

Do you use Home Assistant and want a central calendar overview - whether Google Calendar, Apple iCloud or a simple ICS link? Then there's good news: With the new Remote Calendar integration, you can now manage all types of calendars in Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 21. April 2025
Smart Home

Home Assistant sidebar: Perfectly customized & individually controllable

As a Home Assistant user, you certainly want a user interface that meets your individual needs. Home Assistant offers its own option for sidebar customization with panel_custom, but this is very limited in its functions. With panel_custom you can only add your own menu items Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 29. October 2025
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Self-hosting: Why it is becoming increasingly popular and important

The digital landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Data protection scandals, rising subscription costs for cloud services and increasing restrictions from big tech companies have prompted many people to look for alternatives. At the same time, internet connections have become faster and more affordable, and hardware is more powerful, Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 1 year ago 13. April 2025

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