Self-Hosted Home Automation: Getting Started with Home Assistant on Your Homelab
Most people’s first smart home purchase is a cloud-connected bulb or plug, and most people’s first regret is realizing that bulb stops working the moment the manufacturer’s cloud service has a bad day, changes its app, or shuts down entirely. Home Assistant exists to fix that: a self-hosted automation hub that talks to your devices locally whenever possible, keeps the logic on hardware you control, and doesn’t care if the internet is up. For a homelab operator who already runs Proxmox and a stack of Docker containers, it’s one of the more satisfying things you can add, because it’s the one self-hosted service that actually reaches out and touches physical stuff in your house. ...