Smart Home

I ditched “Okay Nabu” after training my own Home Assistant wake word

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

I ditched “Okay Nabu” after training my own Home Assistant wake word

Adam Davidson June 14, 2026

What do you call a smart speaker? Whatever you want, of course.

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6 ways to track mail and package deliveries with your Home Assistant smart home

• Amazon
• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

6 ways to track mail and package deliveries with your Home Assistant smart home

Tim Brookes June 14, 2026

Automate and notify based on what shows up at your door.

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A disconnected router is more useful than you’d think—here are 5 ways I use mine

• Hardware
• Maintenance & Optimization
• Networking
• Smart Home
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

A disconnected router is more useful than you’d think—here are 5 ways I use mine

Goran Damnjanovic June 13, 2026

Your old router is secretly a NAS, printer server, and gaming hub

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These Home Assistant integrations find problems you never knew existed

• automation
• Backup & Recovery
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

These Home Assistant integrations find problems you never knew existed

Tim Brookes June 13, 2026

Avoid headaches by solving problems before they spoil your whole day.

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My smart home sends me a brutally honest report card every day—here’s how I set it up with a local LLM

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

My smart home sends me a brutally honest report card every day—here’s how I set it up with a local LLM

Adam Davidson June 12, 2026

Seems like I'm flunking standing up.

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This is the Home Assistant dashboard I actually enjoy using every day

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

This is the Home Assistant dashboard I actually enjoy using every day

Adam Davidson June 12, 2026

Not a bubble card in sight.

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3 Home Assistant dashboard projects to try this weekend (Jun 12 – 14)

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology
• Weekend

3 Home Assistant dashboard projects to try this weekend (Jun 12 – 14)

Adam Davidson June 12, 2026

Do more with your dashboards.

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Home Assistant’s voice assistant is more capable than you think — here’s what it’s been hiding

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

Home Assistant’s voice assistant is more capable than you think — here’s what it’s been hiding

Adam Davidson June 12, 2026

Okay, Nabu, what can you do?

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Why smart bulbs are actually the worst introduction to smart homes

• DIY
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Why smart bulbs are actually the worst introduction to smart homes

Sydney Butler June 11, 2026

This popular smart home starting point isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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Your smart home needs more of these 3 sensors, not bulbs or switches

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

Your smart home needs more of these 3 sensors, not bulbs or switches

Adam Davidson June 11, 2026

Sense and sensor-bility.

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