December 8, 2025 HomeAssistant Deprecation of legacy template entities in 2025.12 Legacy template entities (alarm_control_panel, binary_sensor, cover, fan, light, lock, sensor, switch, vacuum, weather) are being deprecated in 2025.12. Legacy template entities will no longer work after 2026. | more
December 2, 2025 DevOps & Administration, Proxmox Unattended Windows 11 install on Proxmox using Ansible I recently transitioned from VMware ESXi and built a new server for a fresh Proxmox setup. I had no prior experience with Proxmox, but how complicated could a simple Windows installation be? | more
November 29, 2025 DevOps & Administration WARNING: Running pip as the ‘root’ user can result in broken permissions The warning is often shown when pip installing a package with sudo or in a Docker container that doesn't have a user added. | more
November 4, 2025 HomeAssistant Fire Alarm! HA will call your phone via FritzBox This automation allows you to transform a text in an audio file, make a VoIP call to a SIP url and play them to any given phonenumber. Prerequisites 1.) Home Assistantion Installation2. | more
October 16, 2025 TrueNas Immich Disaster Recover Guide for TrueNas Scale – “Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them” So while i was working on the article for the Immich Storage Layout migration, i accidently deleted the wrong instance of Immich .... nice .. NOT ! | more
October 7, 2025 HomeAssistant MCZ Pelletofen Verbrennung optimieren! Zum beheizen meine Büros, habe ich mir ein MCZ Pelletofen LOOP Air 8 M2 angeschafft. Leider setzte sich schon nach 2 Tagen relativ viel Ruß and der Scheibe ab. | more
October 6, 2025 TrueNas Paperless-ngx Backup and Restore Es gibt verschiedene Optionen deine Instanz von Paperless-ngx zu sichern, ich stelle hier meine Variante für TrueNas in Verbindung zu einem AWS Cloud Backup vor. | more
October 1, 2025 HomeAssistant Apple Airtag Integration Home Assistant Auf der Suche nach einer Möglichkeit, AirTags in Home Assistant zu integrieren, bin ich auf ein spannendes DIY-Projekt im Home Assistant Forum gestoßen: AirTag-Integration (benutzerfreundlich + Gerätetracker). | more
September 29, 2025 TrueNas TrueNas Immich Migration einmal vor und zurück "Never touch a running system" ... ausser es wird obsolete! Viele TrueNas Benutzer schauten nicht schlecht, als die Nachricht herumging, dass das altbekannte Storage Layout obsolete wurde. | more