Backing up Hass.io
Note: When originally written there was no native backup for Home Assistant OS (Hass.io as it was then). Things have come a long way since and there are b...
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Choosing a platform
I’ll open with noting that I use Home Assistant, but that doesn’t mean you should. Here are some of the things you should be considering when choosing the he...
Backing up Home Assistant
It was suggested on the Home Assistant Discord channel that I write a simple step by step for backing up your Home Assistant configuration.
Home Assistant - moving logs and database off the SD card
One problem with running Home Assistant on a Pi is that SD cards aren’t great for high write situations, and the database and logs can be very chatty. The an...
What’s the point?
So many people I come across who’re exploring home automation seem to be wanting to build big complex dashboards that they can use to control things from. Cl...