Author: Bazar
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Home Assistant Journey: First Impressions and Choices
My Home Assistant journey officially kicked off! 😄 I spent the first day diving into research – watching videos, reading guides, and gathering tips to get started on the right foot. A couple of important decisions were up first: choosing the hardware and selecting the right platform (installation type). For hardware, I looked into two…
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Home Automation Reboot with Home Assistant OS
Recently, I watched NetworkChuck’s video “your home automation SUCKS!!” that got me fired up about trying out Home Assistant. A few years back, when home automation started to gain traction through easy-to-use apps like Tuya and Google Assistant, I dove in and automated parts of my house just for fun. I set up smart lights,…
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Natively Minimize Apps to System Tray Without Built-in Support
Some apps natively support this functionality, while others don’t. The taskbar is expensive real estate, and having things sitting there when all you need is for the app to be active in the background isn’t efficient. You can find third-party tools to handle the minimization process for you if app doesn’t have native support; however,…
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