Setting up Home Automation with Docker Compose: Home Assistant, Node-RED, and more

Docker-compose is a convenient way to setup and configure your home automation system. In this post, I describe my setup and the configuration needed to run the containers.

My Home Assistant Smart Home setup with hardware list

Continuously updated overview overview of the tech I use in my smart home.

Node-RED based custom full-room wake-up light

Using Node-RED and Home Assistant and would you like to build a custom full room wake-up light? In this post I show my setup and explain how to build a wake-up light using Node-RED.

Setting color temperature and brightness of IKEA Tradfri lights simultaneously with Home Assistant

A small trick to set the color temperature and brightness of IKEA Tradfri lights simultaneously using Home Assistant and/or Node-RED.

Talking to my house: Building a chat bot with Home Assistant, AppDaemon and Telegram

In this blog post I discuss talking (or chatting) to your home using a Telegram bot. I cover making a new Telegram bot, connecting it to Home Assistant and then building functionality using AppDaemon.