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Apr/22

Time Tracking With NFC Tags On Android

Filed Under Home Automation, Mobile Phone, Workflow at 4th April 2022 0:01 by

Overview NFC tags are relatively cheap solution to start timers (or any other tasks in Tasker) where GPS has an accuracy up to 50 metres. An NFC tag is down to the centimetres. NFC is less of a power draw … Continue reading →

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Feb/22

Home Assistant Backup

Filed Under Home Automation, Infrastructure at 7th February 2022 0:01 by

Overview Backups are very important especially the amount of effort spent in automating everything. If the automations are done right, any loss would have a impact whether it’s inconvenience to dependencies making the time to recover even more important. I … Continue reading →

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Oct/21

Home Assistant: New Starter Tips

Filed Under Home Automation, Infrastructure, IOT at 4th October 2021 0:01 by

Overview These are the things I wish I knew at the start of Home Assistant to save time and re-doing various setup related changes. It purely focuses on configurable points within Home Assistant as opposed to choices of eco systems, … Continue reading →

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Mar/21

Home Assistant Introduction

Filed Under Container, Home Automation, Houseware, Infrastructure, Linux at 1st March 2021 0:01 by

Overview I have been using Home Assistant for 6 months and it has been an amazing investment of time and energy. Home Assistant is like the controller or brains behind any home automation. As a community project, it has it’s … Continue reading →