As I wrote in my Home Automation Story post, I use Home Assistant to automate my Smart Home.
I've done the usual things like installing smart light switches and outlets and have certain lights come on and go off at set times. The easy stuff.
But I have a few automations that I'm really happy with and proud of.
Better still, it has a high AF (Approval Factor) from my wife.
read moreSo that I can share how I've configured several of my applications and systems on my laptop, I've created a new GitHub project for my dotfiles.
Hope you can use them to find a different way to accomplish your goals or, even better, you find a bug or have a suggestion for me.
read moreFor setting up Home Assistant, there are several choices: Home Assistant OS, Home Assistant Container, Home Assistant Supervised, and Home Assistant Core.
I chose Home Assistant OS for a few reasons.
read moreIn a past life, I managed both Lastpass and 1Password. Neither of them were something I wanted to use personally, so I was looking for something better.
In the mean time, I was using KeePassXC stored in Google Drive. And Holly and I also had a shared Keepass file stored in a shared directory so we could share passwords between us.
But then I learned about Bitwarden.
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