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One-line diagram: PIR motion sensor feeding a 10-minute off-delay timer, timed contact, and front door light, drawn as an industrial electrical drawing
Fixing a Home Assistant Motion Light Automation That Kept Shutting Itself Off
Or: why your for: timer is doing more work than you think. I wanted a simple behavior for my front door light: any time it’s been on for 10 minutes with no motion from the outside sensor, shut it...
I Let an AI Update My Website While I Watched (And It Was Awesome)
Confession time: this website has been running on autopilot since 2024. Not “lightly maintained” — I mean abandoned garage project levels of neglect. WordPress was four major versions behind....
Home Assistant Backup with Google Drive
SETUP HOME ASSISTANT GOOGLE DRIVE BACKUPS
A guide to setting up backups using the Google Drive Backup add-on for Home Assistant
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Making a Dumb Dryer Smart With Home Assistant
In this project I use a WiFi microcontroller and a temperature/humidity sensor to monitor my dryer air vent to determine if the clothes are dry. I was having a problem with my old, crappy dryer running...
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