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An Open-Source SEO + GEO Audit Toolkit in Plain Node
Four dependency-free Node tools: SEO crawler, GEO/AI-crawler checks, Core Web Vitals, Search Console opportunities. One command each — MIT on GitHub.
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Tapo H100: Cellar Humidity Monitoring in Home Assistant
A bare humidity number doesn't tell you when a cellar will condense. I added a cheap Tapo T310 to my H100 hub and turned it into a dew-point mold early-warning.
KNX Thermostat Preset Modes in Home Assistant
Why your KNX thermostat ignores the temperature you set in Home Assistant — the five HVAC preset modes, the snap-back that looks like a bug, and how I automate them.
An Alarm Dashboard + Tecnoalarm Keypad in Home Assistant
Building a security dashboard in public: simulated sensors, a debounced trigger, dual logging, and the one decision that mattered most — what NOT to show.
KNX Motion-Sensor Automations in Home Assistant
Making KNX motion sensors drive lights that feel like the room is paying attention — the real trick is one extra group address, not a cleverer trigger.
Decoupling a KNX Alarm from the JUNG Panel in Home Assistant
I didn't want Home Assistant to be a slave to the JUNG alarm panel. So I inverted ownership: HA owns the alarm state and pushes it back onto the KNX bus.
The Best HACS Integrations for Home Assistant (My Must-Haves)
The HACS integrations I actually run in Home Assistant – Huawei Solar, Tapo cameras, button-card and more – plus the community must-haves worth knowing.
Solar Surplus into Hot Water: the AC·THOR in Home Assistant
I wired an AC·THOR 9s into Home Assistant to dump PV surplus into the hot-water tank — then the device refused every Modbus write. Here's the read-local, write-cloud fix.
Self-Consumption & Autarky: PV Metrics in Home Assistant
My inverter cloud shows self-consumption and autarky as pretty graphs. Home Assistant gives you raw counters. Here's how I rebuilt those numbers as template sensors I own.
How to Install HACS in Home Assistant – Step by Step
Install HACS in Home Assistant step by step: the Get HACS add-on (HAOS), the one-line installer (Container/Core), GitHub authorization, and common fixes.
Caching a Huawei SUN2000 over Modbus for Home Assistant
My Huawei SDongle accepts exactly one Modbus connection — but Home Assistant, the AC·THOR and evcc all want the inverter's data. Here's the ~300-line asyncio cache server I wrote to feed all of them from a single quiet poll.