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Home Assistant Lovelace — building the kitchen wall display

“The dashboard isn't a control surface, it's the front end of the smart home — the thing the family sees instead of the YAML. Build it for the five-year-old, not for yourself.”

Migrating the SmartThings security automation to Home Assistant

“Same automation. Sub-second latency instead of three seconds. Runs when the internet is down. Cost: a $50 Z-Wave stick and a Saturday afternoon.”

First Home Assistant install — YAML and local-first

“The pitch: everything you've been running through SmartThings's cloud now runs on a $35 board in your closet. Tonight I'm finding out if the pitch is true.”