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Fixing a Broken Home Assistant

Like a small child with no sense of fear, my Home Assistant continues to break itself...

In my last post, I had a bit of a rant about how difficult my smart home was being. Since then, I've had a bit of time to recollect my thoughts and started to systematically tackle the issues and pain points I've had. In general, the issues in vague order of how much they annoy me are:

  • Unreliable Smart Plug Connections
    • Reliance on 'The Cloud'
    • Lack of Documentation
    • Alexa Integration
  • Remote Access
    • Access via http://host.name:8123
    • Lack of TLS
    • Lack of External Access
  • Scenes!
    • Automation
    • Sync Computer Brightness/Hue
  • Future Changes
    • Energy and Cost Views
      • Personal Usage
      • Total House Usage
    • Network Isolation
    • Camera (inc. Doorbell) Access
    • Expand to Entire House
    • Get Remote Keybinds on Computer Working Again
    • Auto Off/On Arrive/Leave House
    • Scene Switch Offs Only/Override Options
    • Electric Blanket Switch Off
    • Plex Dim Lights

I won't tackle all of those in this post, I'll just chip away at those I currently find most annoying and easiest to fix.

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Update

I've noticed that I haven't been posting to the site much for a while which disappoints me because the whole idea of this site was to allow people to easily see what I was up to and this hasn't been happening as I have liked. Since my last post about EURO 2 (which is here on YouTube), I have been up to a lot of things which I will briefly outline below.

  • I have made a lot of progress coding wise and I have made a perfectly functional Discord bot which I now use on my discord server and I am working to improve it and get it into full time use.
  • I have also been on a couple of holidays, which again can be found on my YouTube channel including a mini road trip around Somerset and Devon and a week long holiday with my dad's side of the family.
  • As I am writing this post, I am trying to think of things that I can post and do for the blog but I will be adding many more things soon.