Iāve always gone with the mentality that āI canāt possibly be the only idiot who got stumped on thisā. Sure enough, Iād almost always find a post or some random google result to nudge me forward just enough to invariably stumble on the next step. Rinse and repeat and eventually youāll get there.
Itās a bit like playing Elden Ring (or anything by FromSoft) - you might fail a hundred times, but you only need to get it right just once to progress.
TIL ā found anther cool editing trick.
Start of line in here, type > then > a couple more times followed by a 3 -. No spaces.
Nice different dividing line.
> in markdown is like quoting someone
Stacking them made a cool effect, never seen before it slipped out.
Worth a read
āillustrates how talented people continuously design bad software-based products and why we need technology to work the way average people think.ā
Another guide for the cookbook list?
Done
You know, we wonāt explode it you add these yourselfā¦
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New posts in this series (or improvements to existing ones - each post is a wiki) are welcome.
cookbook.I did this one you suggested today, and another one I was meaning to do.
Both are āPetro Pearls of Wisdomā based. (PPW)
At What Rates Do Templates Render & Update.
Target Selector & Entity Selector Errors.
Excellent! This forum post has delivered a lot of value. I went through my bookmarks last night to see if thereās more to add, but from that list I think the coverage is now pretty good.
I just came across another one: renaming entities to keep history. This post, however, has some new information.
Thatās not as useful as replacing a device though. Which is the most commonly asked for information. There does not seem to be a viable procedure for that (yet).
Tried my new log splitter today. Should get it esphomed. It could answer many questions: How many splits today? How much electricity do you use to chop that firewood? Why is my back sore?
Set a man on fire and heāll be warm for the rest of his life!
How can we make more people aware of the new cookbook, both newcomers and regular visitors? I saw Tom pinned it, but beyond that.
Another question I see regularly is: āIām just getting started. What are my IoT device options?ā
This is such a broad and personal preference question that itās very hard to answer. I normally stick to some guidelines: Where are you? Start small. Solve a specific problem. Be willing to experiment. Avoid cloud and polling. Etc.
EDIT: I suppose the ā20 thingsā in the cookbook partly covers it.
Cookbook begets cookbook.
Someone needs to capture that procedure to move LTS data in the last post ASAP
In the same spirt of a Home Assistant Cookbook - Index, what thoughts do folks have on a Home Assistant Troubleshooting - Index ?
Go for it! 
Thatās gonna be a LOT of index entries 
lol
Iāll give it a start but I was initially thinking just the basics & that we see often. I hope to have a draft soon.