Smart homes work better without Big Tech in the loop.

I turned my smart speaker into a network management tool, and it's saved me hours ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re a tech nerd, then Home Assistant may be the smart home ecosystem for you. If you’re a tech nerd, then ...

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.

Even if we don’t all have a carefully planned “smart home,” most of us have some kind of smart home tech sitting around and possibly even being used — whether it’s a speaker / smart assistant, a ...

The oldest devices in my Google Home ecosystem are pushing a decade old, and Gemini made the hardware worth using again.