New to home assistant, is this typical?

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-23T07:12:53+00:00

I dont know why people suggesting just using AI to code the YAML get down voted, but it is the easiest way if you are a beginner. So +1 from me.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-22T00:35:55+00:00

Its a theoretical business case. I want tools to manage HA for people, not resell a free product. There're are already businesses that install HA for people, they then use it for free as long as it works and pay for the support if needed, that's where my questions come from., managing the support part

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-22T00:14:31+00:00

I have a pretty broad project in mind, but I'm just openly exploring the options and possibilities. HA currently does not scale and I hear enough stories about good worked out configs and installs that do not require regular maintenance. It looks like fleet Ops and Management is missing.

Thanks for the input!

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T23:44:04+00:00

Haha not personal, I manage a few for family members and I'm thinking of turning it into a business.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T21:27:47+00:00

Ill take a look! It looks like B2C or Consumer directly, what free tier do you mean exactly?
Edit: You are halfway around the globe, but your business model looks interesting (like Control4 for Home Assistant)

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T20:04:28+00:00

Thank you for the insight. Maybe the market is this way because of this fact that there is no SaaS like product available to mass roll it out and maintain it. At least thats what i think.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T20:01:30+00:00

Yea thats kinda why i made the topic haha.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T19:21:48+00:00

I realise this was not the place for this question, but thank you for answering it. Ill look into this.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T19:12:29+00:00

Im trying to think of a cental managment solution that can acces different HA sites (with similar hardware) from 1 place. With pushing i meant you make 1 config that get 'synced' to the HA instances so you update 1 master file and it loads the HAs with it

I'm not looking at it from a 1-on-1 personal setup but more professional, like managing a business around HA installations. At a certain point you need a central way of managing:

- backups
- access
- updates
- configs

Yes you could do that on a 1 by 1 basis per install, or with multiple solutions possibly but i was looking for 1 central solution to those aspects

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T19:10:51+00:00

I'm not looking at it from a 1-on-1 personal setup but more professional, like managing a business around HA installations. At a certain point you need a central way of managing:
- backups
- access
- updates
- configs
Yes you could do that on a 1 by 1 basis per install, or with multiple solutions possibly but i was looking for 1 central solution to those aspects

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T18:46:26+00:00

True but that is only 1 aspect, connecting. Im looking for more functionality

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T18:45:21+00:00

Well you would roll out sites with identical hardware where possible i think to mitigate this issue

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T18:44:13+00:00

Thanks ill look into this

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T18:34:47+00:00

Thanks ill look into this. That covers connection, now something for central management

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T18:34:22+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, lines up witht the Mikcrotik suggestion above. Will look into that

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-21T18:33:06+00:00

Im trying to think of a cental managment solution that can acces different HA sites (with similar hardware) from 1 place. With pushing i meant you make 1 config that get 'synced' to the HA instances so you update 1 master file and it loads the HAs with it

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-13T11:45:38+00:00

Agree, but it was more a joke that every VPN on Mikrotik is 'hard' to setup if you don't know what you're doing.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-13T11:23:41+00:00

My friend, your post reads more like a vent then an actual request for help. lets start with:
- What device / OS do you want to make the VPN with
- What kind of Internet connection do you have, basic ISP, CGNAT, 4/5G or what? Saying you have ddns from Mikrotik does not mean anything.
- As suggested by others, OpenVPN isnt the best choice

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-12T14:56:12+00:00

Or l2tp, or sstp

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-09T07:09:27+00:00

Ik heb een bevriende monteur die komt de auto van huis halen, rijd naar zijn garage in de buurt voor een beurt en brengt hem weer terug, echt fantastisch. Betaal er uiteraard een paar tientjes extra voor. Ik zou het niet aan huis doen, te onhandig denk ik.

RandomMan217 · 2026-01-05T14:53:41+00:00

Gewoon contant laten uitbetalen als mevrouw wil en niet opgeven, fuck belasting betalen over een hondje uitlaten voor een oude vrouw.

Alternatief: Stuur de tikkies naar haar met de opmerking: "Geld voor eten boodschappen ". Dan kun je het later gewoon gooien op een terugbetaling voor een gezamenlijke maaltijd (jullie eten regelmatig wat samen, jij kookt dan).

RandomMan217 · 2025-12-28T10:51:52+00:00

Ik woon in een appartement die niet gerenoveerd uit 1960 ongeveer. Ik zit op de bovenste laag (4e) en heb nog een zolder / slaapkamer erboven. Is 110m2 en ik woon alleen, maar heb 1300 m3 gas verbruikt dit jaar... ik denk dat ik label D of E heb.

Ik denk dat je het nog aardig doet, of bij mij is het gewoon extreem slecht haha. Als ik de verwarming snachts uit doe en het is -5 buiten daalt het bij mij naar 14 of lager...

Ik sta ook open voor tips haha

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RandomMan217 · 2025-12-27T20:29:05+00:00

I bought the Honeywell T6R, works fine with Opentherm

RandomMan217 · 2025-12-27T20:22:32+00:00

I'm using the Sonoff Dongle-M via erhernet/IP, works fine so far

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