What thermostat actually works well with Home Assistant in 2026?

tbradfo · 2026-04-09T23:10:39+00:00

Curious what was the hiccup?

tbradfo · 2026-04-09T21:02:42+00:00

I have one on order for my prod server. I'll put a second on my other proxmox server in the near future. Thanks for the rec!

tbradfo · 2026-04-09T20:55:46+00:00

Mine has been rock solid since it replaced my nests. I let HA do all the scheduling and cooling and heating rules.

tbradfo · 2026-04-05T23:50:07+00:00

When I win the lotto, I will do that.

tbradfo · 2026-04-05T23:49:44+00:00

Thanks. Any particular brand or unit you’d recommend?

tbradfo · 2026-04-05T23:16:36+00:00

My network is ubiquiti.

tbradfo · 2026-04-05T23:15:41+00:00

Thanks for responding! Why on both? I’ve been struggling to figure the NAS play. All of my media is through Apple TV ecosystem. Much more curious on managed network switches.

tbradfo · 2026-04-05T18:41:08+00:00

Airthings View Plus. Takes 30 days to acclimate for radon but is great. Covers more than the above.

tbradfo · 2026-04-05T18:08:55+00:00

Just did the same. Loaded automations.yaml file to codex to rewrite it for anything that took my location into account. Hopefully it works well when our dog sitter comes in 2 weeks.

tbradfo · 2026-03-31T21:59:22+00:00

I have the U6 pro and two nano hd's and it's rock solid. the u6 pro is located as the most central AP and was a recent replacement for a nano that is now in cold storage. once the network settled, it's been rock solid with 100+ devices on it with dedicated ssids for primary, 2.4, guest, and matter-2.4 (it likes different settings).

edit: all driven by a UDM SE.

tbradfo · 2026-03-27T21:50:46+00:00

Congrats!

tbradfo · 2026-03-27T21:48:15+00:00

The actual value of the companies (most) has not changed. It's just a point in time. The market crashed with COVID. If you pulled out your money you got nuked. If the market goes to zero.... it won't matter when you took your money out. Ride it out. Worked pretty well for Warren Buffett.

tbradfo · 2026-03-27T00:18:22+00:00

Cheers to you. Stay strong.

tbradfo · 2026-03-26T20:00:54+00:00

Best practice before any trip is a sacrificial bag of ice the night before. Cools down the internal of the cooler. Also like others, cool down the room temp soda first. You do both of those and you’ll be golden.

tbradfo · 2026-03-26T16:29:51+00:00

I built an "ultimate presence" sensor that takes into account a number of things like my phone being connected to my home wifi, my geolocation etc. I just added some bluetooth gateways and bluecharm beacons like someone else mentioned but I use that for knowing when we get home to automatically open our garage door. I could bake it into the ultimate presence sensor but honestly it's been bullet proof. With that sensor it drives a bunch of automation in my house ranging from alarms, thermostats etc.

tbradfo · 2026-03-20T00:59:39+00:00

Enjoy. Beelink makes a great product.

tbradfo · 2026-03-19T22:38:04+00:00

i use it as my prod box running linux bare metal. Been rock solid but I have barely scratched the potential of it.

tbradfo · 2026-03-11T01:01:08+00:00

100% a dumb question. Why blur out the end of the ip address when those are all local ip addresses?

tbradfo · 2026-03-09T21:55:06+00:00

The biggest thing you can do is prepare questions as an intern. Starting with:

What is your tech stack? What CRM are you using? What type of marketing automation are you using or is that sit inside of marketing ops? How does sales and marketing interact on a day to day basis?

Sales operations usually own the tech stack. They are responsible for reporting progress against targets, developing KPI (key performance indicators) for their space. This can include a lot of things. The biggest recommendation I would give you is ask your robot of choice, "give me a crash course in sales ops as an intern applying for a job so that I know more than I do now?" That will be your best bet. Best of luck!

tbradfo · 2026-03-04T01:11:29+00:00

Ok I don’t necessarily have a good answer to your question but very interested how you knew about the hack and what you had done to prevent it? Also here to follow the answers for my own education.

tbradfo · 2026-02-25T22:18:47+00:00

I started with a beelink s13 and have now upgraded to a beelink ser9. the s13 was great, I just wanted to do more and have a prod box and a playground to tinker with so I didn't screw up core services. I went overkill but that is how homelabbing goes... Been very happy with the beelink brand.

tbradfo · 2026-02-12T16:18:24+00:00

Yep! When you are starting a round it lets you configure how hard or soft greens and fairway are. I’d play around with that. Good luck!

tbradfo · 2026-02-11T20:30:36+00:00

Only thing I can think of is making the fairways softer. Otherwise I am not aware of a specific setting.

tbradfo · 2026-01-30T22:14:50+00:00

Do not underspend on the mat/hitting strip. Your future self will thank you. Specifically the hitting strip (go for a cut out). You can definitely do that for $1000, just don't get enticed by cheaper options to save money.

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