https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/tags/automation/Recent content in Automation on The Home LabHugoen-usSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:37:20 +1300https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/posts/home-assistant-setup/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://adamazl.github.io/homelab/posts/home-assistant-setup/<h2 id="why-home-assistant">Why Home Assistant?</h2> <p>Most smart home ecosystems (Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit) are cloud-dependent. Your lights, locks, and sensors phone home to a server. If the company shuts down, changes their API, or has an outage, your devices stop working.</p> <p>Home Assistant is a local, open-source smart home platform. It runs on your network, integrates with over 3,000 services and devices, and keeps all automations local. Your automations run even when the internet is down.</p>