There are many different ways to set up Home Assistant so that it is accessible when you're away from home, which have various pros and cons, but I had some extra requirements beyond just securing it with HTTPS/TLS which I haven't found any articles about (in bold): Does not…
This post quickly documents some notes around my process of migrating Home Assistant's sqlite3 database to a containerised MySQL database. I run all of my home server infrastructure in Docker containers as I like the isolation and distribution model that they provide. The default sqlite3 database used by Home Assistant…
Last year I backed a Kickstarter project called ReSpeaker, which is a (Linux-based) hardware module designed to make it as easy as possible to add speech recognition to projects. The main selling point for me is that a "far-field" microphone array is available for it, which allows far better isolation…
I've been in the process of building a networked home automation system for my lighting (and in the future, other devices) using off-the-shelf plug-in receivers for the last year or so. I've been meaning to write a blog post about it for some time, but in the meantime, here's a…