You can find custom integrations, dashboard components such as custom cards, and even entire dashboards. These aren't officially supported by Home Assistant, so you use them at your own risk, but most ...

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Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store.

I’ve been buying and tinkering with smart home devices for years. As a result, my home network resembles a kind of Model UN of devices, bridges, protocols, assistants, and apps. I try to broker ...