20 things I wished I knew when I started with Home Assistant - Installation - Home Assistant Community
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Hi everyone, After using it for around 5 years, I felt like sharing some bits of wisdom about HA. In Karate, I would self-rank myself as a brown belt. Not yet part of the elite, still quite experienced. I’m persistent and tinkerer at heart. I’ve an IT education and DIY mindset, but HA evolved so much over the years that those aren’t required anymore IMHO. So, beyond the “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it”, here are some things I learned from eureka, WTF moments, and miserable failures. To date
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Home assistant stuck in this for more than 20 minutes (preparing home assistant) am using a raspberr pi 4 : r/homeassistant
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I love Home Assistant, but sometimes I try something advanced and this is how I feel : r/homeassistant
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20 things I wished I knew when I started with Home Assistant - Installation - Home Assistant Community
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