home automation

Smart home or home automation

3 minute read

We often talk about the smart home and home automation as if those terms are interchangeable, but they’re (mostly) not.

Choosing a platform

2 minute read

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...

What’s the point?

1 minute read

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...

Putting the cart before the horse

2 minute read

You’re thinking of getting into home automation, so you’ve gone and bought a bunch of smart devices. Now you’re looking for help in doing something with it a...