A developer debugging an MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration found that an LLM agent's self-report of unavailable tools was misleading. The agent claimed that new stdio MCP servers were not conne…
A developer created a Docker Compose stack that turns a Rockchip RK3576 board into a fully local voice backend for Home Assistant, using openWakeWord, Whisper, Piper, and a local LLM. The setup keeps …
Flic, the maker of over one million smart buttons, announced Flic Mic, a wireless voice button that lets users push-to-talk to AI assistants, control smart homes, and capture ideas without an always-o…
A developer details their 2026 homelab stack, which runs across four machines including a Mac Mini, Ubuntu mini PC, Raspberry Pi 4, and Raspberry Pi 5 with Hailo 8 AI HAT. The stack uses Traefik for r…
Selora AI Local, an open-source Qwen-based model for Home Assistant, has been released. The model features four specialized LoRA adapters for answers, clarifications, automations, and commands, runnin…
Thread Group has launched the beta version of its Thread Network Diagnostics Tools app, providing users with visibility into their Thread-based smart home networks for the first time. The app, availab…
The Home Assistant MCP Server, a free tool enabling AI assistants to control smart home devices via natural language, has been released with a breaking change in v7.3.0 moving ha_config_set_yaml to be…
A developer built an AI-powered homelab platform using OpenCode Web UI with Git access, enabling AI-assisted container updates and GitOps deployments. The setup runs as a server with persistent coding…
A user reverse-engineered a FlexiSpot standing desk's proprietary protocol using an ESP32 microcontroller and Claude Code AI, enabling Home Assistant control. The same approach was used to hack a Plau…
A GitHub user submitted a pull request to fix a race condition in Home Assistant's SmartThings integration when turning on Samsung air conditioners. The fix ensures the turn-on command completes befor…
A new smart device called AntiMould Shower Sentinel uses machine learning on an Arduino Q to detect shower sounds and check if an extractor fan is running, sending real-time alerts via Home Assistant …
Sophia NLU v1.2, an on-device, low-compute natural language engine built in Rust, now runs voice assistants without internet or a GPU, using only 160MB of RAM. The upgrade adds entity clarification, s…
A developer integrated a cloud-locked BanlanX SP542E LED controller into Home Assistant without new hardware by running a 150-line Python bridge on a Mac that translates Bluetooth commands to MQTT. Th…
A developer successfully offloaded automatic speech recognition (ASR) for a Home Assistant voice pipeline from CPU to the Intel NPU on a Core Ultra 7 265K processor, achieving 3-6× faster inference an…
The article describes the author's project to set up Home Assistant (HA) on a Raspberry Pi for home automation, including a panic button for his elderly father. After installation, the author encounte…