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home-assistant.io
November is Home Assistant’s month of “What the Heck?!” 🎉

What makes Home Assistant hard to use? If you set it up, ask the people you live with too. 👀
New, old, technical or not: we want to hear from everyone.

Share your WTH 👉 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10...

#HomeAssistant
The image is a simple illustration for Home Assistant's month of What the Heck. The image shows a comic book style large title that says "What the Heck?!". The letters are bold white, with a blue outline in the 3D effect. The background of the image is white, with circuit board style lines and points across the image in a light green. Below this title is the date of the month "November 2026". The top left of the image has the Home Assistant logo.
October 29, 2026 at 5:29 PM
frenck.social
That's a wrap on #GitHubUniverse! 🐙 Huge thanks to GitHub and every Hubber for an amazing event, for taking such good care of me, and for all the good times in between. 🫶

Time to head home tomorrow. After all, home is where Home Assistant is. 🏡

#HomeAssistant
October 30, 2026 at 4:27 AM
frenck.social
Hung out with Olli from Smarterkram on his channel. We talked about how I ended up at Home Assistant (boredom, mostly), why scenes are underrated, why I run the dev version at home, and Spook being my personal lab. #HomeAssistant
Er nutzte Home Assistant ein Jahr lang nicht und leitet es heute. Franck Nijhof im Interview
Wie kommt man eigentlich dazu, Home Assistant zu leiten, wenn man anfangs gar kein Smart Home hatte? Darüber und über vieles mehr habe ich mit Franck Nijhof ...
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November 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
selfh.st
Self-Host Weekly (2026-10-30)

The #opensource #AI crisis, #software updates and launches, a spotlight on #RSS, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!

selfh.st/weekly/2026-...

#selfhost #selfhosting #foss #homelab #newsletter #privacy #proton #tailscale #homeassistant #sysadmin #devops #feed
Self-Host Weekly (30 October 2026)
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October 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
stephan535.eurosky.social
Dank #HomeAssistant kann ich zum Beispiel unterwegs die Temperatur meines Tiefkühlschrankes zu Hause abrufen.

Gut, jetzt brauche ich eigentlich nur noch ein Szenario, in dem mir das nutzt.
October 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
wesfryer.com
Check out my latest reflection:

“Hey Jarvis, Go IoT Local - My private voice assistant, step by step”

wfryer.substack.com/p/hey-jarvis...

#AI #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #DIY #OffGrid #CommPrep #prepper #GeekDad #SmartAssistant #SmartSpeaker
A four-panel collage. On the left, a small white cube-shaped smart speaker sits on a granite countertop with a black USB cable, glowing orange in the top photo and blue in the bottom photo as it listens and responds. On the right are the Raspberry Pi logo, a green leaf above a red raspberry, and the Home Assistant logo, a white house with a branching network on a blue rounded square.
October 31, 2026 at 3:45 AM
byteofgeek.bsky.social
NEW Video 👉 SONOFF CAM GlassView - Can It Really Replace an Outdoor Camera?

Click the link below to watch the full YouTube video or any other smart home related video on my YouTube channel.

youtu.be/zkfcM5E_xbo

#SONOFF #HomeAssistant #SecurityCamera
November 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
maisonetdomotique.bsky.social
🏠 Matter 1.6.1 arrive dans matter.js, le nouveau moteur Matter de Home Assistant !

Au programme : Groupcast 💡, meilleure gestion des appareils sur batterie 🔋, OTA 🔄 et de solides bases pour la suite.

👉 www.maison-et-domotique.com/174122-home-...

#HomeAssistant #Matter #Domotique
Home Assistant passe à la vitesse supérieure avec Matter 1.6.1 et matter.js - Maison et Domotique
Matter 1.6.1 arrive dans matter.js avec Groupcast, une meilleure gestion des appareils sur batterie et plusieurs améliorations techniques. Une évolution particulièrement intéressante pour Home Assista...
www.maison-et-domotique.com
November 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
homelabtherightway.bsky.social
"My motion light turned off while I was standing in it." The fix: automation mode.

Podcast ep. 3, "The light that ignored me". Full episode: https://redcircle.com/shows/homelab-the-right-way/episodes/e651972d-6db5-4ab8-9232-a617c091a221
AI hosts (fictional), human-edited. #homeassistant #podcast
November 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
openalarm.io
The panic button has no false alarm delay, on purpose. A person pressing a button is the confirmation, so OpenAlarm texts and calls your people right away. docs.openalarm.io/guides/alarms/ #HomeSecurity #Safety #Emergency #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #SelfHosted #DIY #IoT #HomeAutomation
Alarms & Panic Buttons
Create the sources that fire - alarms with modes and policies, panic buttons that always fire, and the URLs your systems call.
docs.openalarm.io
November 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
t-is-always-angry.bsky.social
Zero. I've never owned Amazon hardware and have no interest or desire in trying any out.

*Full disclosure: After reading the article, I laughed because I have a privacy focused smart home that can do most, if not all, of that.

The rabbit hole of and community of #HomeAssistant is strong.
October 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
dbt3.ch
Got my new Elecrow 10.1" Smart Home Control Panel for Home Assistant set up and ready to go with a new dashboard to control my living room lights and thermostat! #selfhosting #homeassistant
Elecrow 10.1" Smart Home Control Panel for Home Assistant
November 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
openalarm.io
A CO detector in the crawlspace nobody hears. Wire it into your alarm and OpenAlarm texts and calls your people, so it stops mattering that nobody heard it. docs.openalarm.io/guides/quickstart/ #HomeSecurity #Safety #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #Emergency #DIY #SelfHosted #IoT #HomeAutomation
Quickstart
Account to first trigger in under five minutes - with curl, Home Assistant, and UniFi Protect variants.
docs.openalarm.io
November 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
bipbop.mstdn.forfun.su.ap.brid.gy
📝 Daily report 📈

Here are today's most popular trending hashtags #⃣ on our website 🌐️:

#software, #diday, #digitalart, #datenschutz, #homeassistant, #drawing, #cybersecurity, #selfhosted, #security, #kernel, #fineart

🔥 Stay tuned! 🔥
November 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
openalarm.io
Six actions in Home Assistant: arm, disarm, trigger and clear for alarms, trigger and clear for panic buttons. With OpenAlarm your automations write response plans for real people now. docs.openalarm.io/guides/home-assistant/ #HomeAssistant #HACS #HomeAutomation #Automation #SmartHome #SelfHosted
Home Assistant
Install the OpenAlarm integration from HACS or the Home Assistant Marketplace, wire Alarmo with one blueprint, or use rest_command - arm, disarm, and trigger from any automation.
docs.openalarm.io
October 29, 2026 at 11:06 PM
blindcoder.toot.berlin.ap.brid.gy
Does anyone know of a way to "veto" an action in #homeassistant?
For example: I click on a switch to turn it off. HA should refuse to do that if a condition is true.
I do not want to replace the switch with an automation.

Is that possible?
November 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
nerdaxic.com
Something about #HomeAssistant card and going to sleep.
October 31, 2026 at 12:36 AM
After three weeks of carlessness I picked up my new car yesterday. We have taken the plunge into the brave new world of the EV. Tasks for today are:
Adjusting the driving position and getting a handle on the main controls.
Driving to a local arboretum for lunch and autumn colour, and using the […]
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November 1, 2026 at 10:03 AM
frenck.social
Saturday, November 7: @adorablecyb.org and I are hosting a #HomeAssistant meetup in Enschede, NL 🏠

Part of the Open Home Foundation Community Day, with 90+ meetups worldwide.

From 14:00 at Stadscafé BLAUW. There's merch too. Auch aus Deutschland willkommen!

Please RSVP: luma.com/openhome-7e9g
October 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM
frenck.social
Walked into GitHub HQ and the big wall shows today's top trending Python developers.

Number one: Bas Nijholt with Adaptive Lighting, a custom integration for @home-assistant.io #HomeAssistant

Our community, up on the wall at @github.com. Made my day 🥰
October 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
openalarm.io
Nothing gets locked or deleted when you downgrade OpenAlarm. Your alarms, policies and contacts keep working; texts and calls stop and alerts go by email until you upgrade again. openalarm.io/pricing/ #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #SelfHosted #DIY #HomeSecurity #IoT #HomeAutomation #HomeLab
Pricing | OpenAlarm
Two plans, no contract, all prices USD. Both do everything OpenAlarm does, escalation included. Free alerts your people by email, forever. Pro is $6.99/mo or $69.99/yr and adds SMS and voice calls. Every new account starts on Pro for 14 days, no card needed.
openalarm.io
October 31, 2026 at 8:39 PM
frenck.social
Today's the day! At 2:10 PM I'm on the Ship & Tell stage at #GitHubUniverse: "Code is the easy part: Building Home Assistant in the open".

For 15 minutes, the room gets to be the Home Assistant team and vote on real decisions we made.

At Universe? Come say hi!

#HomeAssistant
October 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
dl7ag.bsky.social
I’ve tested the Ruuvi Air, and it’s now in use at my home. Clear air quality readings, a simple app — and Bluetooth reception that surprised me.
#RuuviAir #AirQuality #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #DL7AG
October 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
pampaleben.eurosky.social
#HomeAssistant
Die Wärmepumpe rödelt, der Shelly Pro 3EM zeichnet auf und was fehlt dem Pedanten am Ende? Die Zahlen der sog. modernen Messeinrichtung.
Wir nehmen nach dem Reinfall mit dem Frient Electricity Meter nun den OBI Energy Tracker ins Visier.
October 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
techwizardry.bsky.social
Why pay Claude or another AI $20+ a month to help you with your Home Assistant issues? Instead, install the HA app, OpenCode, and use its free AI, Big Pickle. It has never let me down! #HomeAssistant #OpenCode
October 29, 2026 at 11:07 PM