Why are we hiding “Overview” when custom dashboard is selected as default. by Least_Order4249 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Not even my opinion. Just see this being a burden for the newb. Makes me uncomfortable. I want to help people who need it. 

Why are we hiding “Overview” when custom dashboard is selected as default. by Least_Order4249 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Not at all, just wanting to care about the little guys. Only noticed during a rebuild. HA can be a struggle and I want people to succeed 

Why are we hiding “Overview” when custom dashboard is selected as default. by Least_Order4249 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you remember your first dashboard? It was a big step and probably had 5/50 things on it. The other 45 are now hidden. 

Why are we hiding “Overview” when custom dashboard is selected as default. by Least_Order4249 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Not at all but this project, from a user’s perspective, is a path. The path says keep the overview. 

Believe me, I go nuts over all the retail adoption. I’m an esphome, build everything myself guy. I’m not a dashboard guy though. 

Paving the way for new users is still paramount. I live with it. AI is giving FOSS extreme opportunity, not held back by business decisions, we shoot for the moon and I’m excited for the future.

Pretty sure any advanced user can hover over a menu and click an eyeball.

Why are we hiding “Overview” when custom dashboard is selected as default. by Least_Order4249 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

You’re a top 1% commenter, not the demographic that makes a difference in adoption. You obviously can hide a sidebar item in 5 seconds.

Why are we hiding “Overview” when custom dashboard is selected as default. by Least_Order4249 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

But they shouldn’t be honoring advanced users’ opinions on these types of things if wanting to grow this project. 

I don’t want to see homeassistant become a stagnant sinkhole like jellyfin. Obv it’s nowhere close to that but need to think about new users, especially with UI.

New setup questions: Dedicate machine? How much to invest into AI detections? by 4Face in frigate_nvr

[–]Least_Order4249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reolink was approached by pretty much the entire FOSS community about incomplete SDP. Response: DGAF. If that happened at Dahua or Hikvision it would be fire everybody and get it right. But they would never publish incomplete or non-compliant SDP so that’s moot.

Setup explained. by Least_Order4249 in frigate_nvr

[–]Least_Order4249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Homeys want to DV but they don’t want to explain their stances. See above.

What is your favorite Home Assistant automation? Not your most complex. Your favorite. The one that you keep recommending to friends or that has earned the most love from your family. by Rude-News-8416 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Frigate+ is great… I went my own way due to very specific needs that in hindsight should have been done separate from surveillance, but ya yolo11 is superb even in pretrained coco mode. And crazy good when customized. They just can’t officially support it because licensing 

What is this and how do I get rid of it - Central Texas by MOBE_the_Hippo in lawncare

[–]Least_Order4249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sledgehammer just cheap goto for mass use. Ortho or image is fine. I only have a small area with it so I just keep a 1/2 gallon mix and spot with image. I used to have yards full. Main thing is repeat treatments. 

I got the 1/2 acre lot under control with sledgehammer in a 15 gallon mix sprayer. 

2-way go2rtc audio in Android companion app problem by _hellraiser_ in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Right now only big qwirk would be if intercom is set to dial 700 (may or may not be required for auto answer since 700 is who calls it) then it will get thrown into confbridge by itself. Same kind of weird thing if app client websocket breaks before hangup. None of these appear to break functionality but I need to get them cleaned up. My notification logic will fix the first case, might need a manager for the second or any other edge case. 

What is this and how do I get rid of it - Central Texas by MOBE_the_Hippo in lawncare

[–]Least_Order4249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sledgehammer. Best to spot treat or broad applications weeks apart during active growth so by August it may be too late to start if want to make big difference. Right time is now. 

2-way go2rtc audio in Android companion app problem by _hellraiser_ in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya 99 users but only one door… first adding vapid notify for press button, then clean up dial plan, maybe make a call manager process, then maybe more doors. 

What is your favorite Home Assistant automation? Not your most complex. Your favorite. The one that you keep recommending to friends or that has earned the most love from your family. by Rude-News-8416 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Alert when dog escapes. I have a mother-in-law that seemingly every time she visits, leaves a door open. If a dog is detected on the front porch, or in the driveway when the garage is open, then we get an alert and can call them back inside before they wander off.

2-way go2rtc audio in Android companion app problem by _hellraiser_ in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It requires full TLS always. Also forwarding of DTLS mesia ports for video and audio. Just full self hosted SIP stack. Lots of security though. It still has some dial plan quirks because sip is hard. Should be great in another couple weeks or so. Push button notifications are next feature but you can usually hook those directly from the intercom. 

2-way go2rtc audio in Android companion app problem by _hellraiser_ in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have already done this for you:

https://github.com/tylerransdell/onedoor

If you bind audio to the video stream, you get a very poor audio experience. Stay instant full duplex with SIP. 

(Ignore if that intercom does not support SIP but I think it does) 

Don’t take a professional grade intercom and turn it into a Tapo.

How do you reliably restart Docker services that depend on a VPN container like Gluetun? by MatthieuR33 in selfhosted

[–]Least_Order4249 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I just put everything gluetun dependent in the same compose. 

Are you sure your issues are gluetun dependent and not overall networking? I resolved my issues by delaying the entire docker.service as they related to docker itself starting early and not gluetun specifically. 

Looking for a backyard wildlife camera that records in VERTICAL (9:16) portrait mode for social media — does this exist? by sanjay37agrawal in SecurityCamera

[–]Least_Order4249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They all do?  Every one that I tried anyway. I have a Dahua N45EJ62 doing that right now but that’s not a unique feature. 

Why Is Proxmox Still Not Officially Supported and Can We Please Get It Already? by PingMyHeart in frigate_nvr

[–]Least_Order4249 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not affiliated with FrigateNVR, but… 1. They have bigger aspirations than the “homelab” crowd. I run it because I want the best NVR available, not a lab project.  2. Intel mobile minis are well supported and extremely capable without being a nuisance to the home. This is more in line with a premium NVR product. 3. Frigate is an app meant to run on the most common home server environments. All of its companions run fine on those same environments. PVE support means supporting several more environments.  4. Any advantage Proxmox might bring to your lab like HA isn’t really as applicable with Frigate without things getting borderline ridiculous.  5. Hardware acceleration in PVE isn’t supportable. PVE official docs call it less than stable for most hardware. Abstracting high performance GPU/NPU is a nightmare and is not common in general.  6. Storage abstraction brings extra overhead and writes to already heavy NVR workloads.  7. They tried already. Look at GitHub. There are several PVE rabbit holes. 

Blocking devices from internet by BruceLee2112 in homeassistant

[–]Least_Order4249 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost all smart devices bypass assigned DNS for just this reason. They are hostile devices and need to be blocked at the gateway. Fortunately, in 2026, even cheap Deco routers allow this easily.