anybody using homeassistant and having success? i feel like everything i try with it is extra complicated, but i’d love to hear others’ success stories.

  • NirodhaAvidya@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Can confirm. Started with replacing my Tuya lightbulbs. Last thing I automated was hydrometers for my house plants to tell me they’re thirsty.

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      2 hours ago

      do you have tips for someone who hasn’t gotten there yet but would want to and has 20+ plants that would be nice to monitor? I already build an indoor HA automated lamp house for tomatoes (ESPhome)

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        12 minutes ago

        I guess I wish I had switched to zigbee earlier. I have been slowly replacing all my tuya wifi devices. Zigbee Home-assistant App and Zigbee2MQTT are both local-only. For Hygrometers, buy in bulk and expect 1 in 4 to be useless garbage. I get them on Ali for cheap.