Here you go. These are the first 4 I found using the forum search. You'll probably find more similar topics if you search for "wish I'd known"
Hi everyone,
15/04/2025: Since this post became a useful ressource, I updated it to fix typos, merge comments, update the synthaxe, etc.
After using HA for 7 years, I felt like sharing some wisdoms. Beyond the "if it ain't broken, don't fix it", here are some things I learned both from eureka, WTF moments, and miserable failures. HA is part of our domestic life and 88 automations are making our daily routines more comfortable, secure, and enjoyable.
Those 20 points come without a specific ord…
It’s been 5 months exactly since I first heard about Home assistant and installed it. It has a very steep learning curve, and I’m a guy who’s been a computer geek all my life, a Linux user, a hardware guy and yet still, it was really really hard.
Having said that, it’s a spectacular open source project and I’m starting to feel comfortable with it. So here are a few things that are not strictly technical in nature but just things that new users might want to consider.
It’s not easy, it’s goin…
It’s been 20 months exactly since I first heard about Home Assistant and installed it. It has a very steep learning curve, and I’m a guy who’s been a computer geek all my life, a Linux user, a hardware guy and yet still, it was really really hard. But boy is it addictive and powerful.
Having said that, it’s a spectacular open source project and I’m starting to feel comfortable with it. So here are a few things that are not strictly technical in nature but just things that new users might want t…
After a couple of power failures, some bulbs losing their config and HA not being available for a while I’m going to take the opportunity to start again, from a fresh, clean install of the latest and greatest version of Home Assistant.
I have available to me:
Zigbee lights
Zigbee sockets
WiFi plug sockets
zwave sockets
Zigbee door sensors
z-wave PIRs
Sonos
Eufy doorbell.
UK smart meter & Octopus energy
Solar panels
Zappi car charger
ESPHome based alarm interface
With that kind of thing in mi…
Also, the Cookbook section of the forums is a great collection of resources which usually tends to be overlooked. You can find it here The Home Assistant Cookbook - Index
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