Every Automation Guide
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Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition: What It Does Well and Where It Falls Short
A research-grounded look at the $69 Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition: what it controls well, where it still falls short of Alexa, and the real cost of setting it up.
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Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi: The Full Beginner Setup Guide
What to buy, the SD-card-versus-SSD reliability trade-off, flashing Home Assistant OS, onboarding, and the first integration to add on a Raspberry Pi.
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Notion vs Obsidian: Which One Should Hold Your Notes?
Notion and Obsidian solve different problems well. Compare pricing, offline access, and data ownership, then pick the one that fits how you actually work.
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n8n Cloud vs Self-Hosted: Which Should You Actually Pick in 2026
n8n Cloud costs 20 to 50 euros a month with an execution cap; self-hosting is free but puts setup and maintenance on you. Here’s how to weigh cost, uptime, and data control.
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Best Zapier Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Paid)
Zapier’s task-based pricing adds up fast. Compare six real alternatives by price and free-tier limits, including Make, n8n, Activepieces, and Pabbly Connect.
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Home Assistant 2026.7: What’s New in the Biggest Automation Update of the Year
Home Assistant 2026.7 rewrites the Matter server, adds plain-language triggers, and rebuilds Activity. Here is what changed and what to check before updating.
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Home Assistant Automations That Cut Your Electric Bill
Five Home Assistant automations that target the biggest drains on an electric bill: standby loads, HVAC setbacks, water heater scheduling, and time-of-use rate shifting — each with real bill math and copyable YAML.
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Best Obsidian Plugins in 2026: A Short List That Stays Useful
Eleven Obsidian plugins worth installing in 2026, organized by job — daily notes, tasks, templates, sync, publishing — plus an honest look at what core Obsidian now handles on its own.
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How to Self-Host n8n on a Budget VPS: A Step-by-Step Setup
Self-host n8n’s free Community Edition on a budget VPS with Docker, automatic HTTPS, working webhooks, backups, and updates. A full step-by-step walkthrough plus a true total-cost breakdown.
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Obsidian Daily Notes: Build a Workflow You Will Actually Keep
Set up an Obsidian daily notes workflow that survives past week two: the core plugin settings, a copyable template, a two-minute morning and evening capture flow, and an honest list of what to leave out.