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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/mellowism on 2025-04-01 16:34:41+00:00.

After many iterations, I've finally reached a point where my home automations feel genuinely smart. Not just “smart” in the sense of moving a light switch from the wall to my phone, but smart as in: my house senses what’s happening, understands the family’s routines and context, and reacts accordingly — mostly without me touching a thing. The concept is working really well, so I thought I'd share it and hopefully it can inspire others.

The way I’ve structured this is with a combination of Home Modes and State Flags, both controlled mostly automatically. This setup has dramatically reduced the need for manual interaction, and it has made my automations simpler and more reliable.

🏠 Home Modes – The big picture

I use an input_select.home_mode to represent the main mode the house is in. Modes like:

• Home – Someone is home and the house is in regular operation.
• Away – Everyone's out, so the house saves energy and locks itself down.
• Sleeping – We're all in bed, TVs are off, lights are off, and the climate adjusts.
• Vacation – Nobody’s home for an extended period.

Each of these is automatically triggered based on presence detection, motion sensors, time of day, and calendar events.

⚙️ State Flags – Contextual nuance

Then I layer input_booleans as flags to give more nuance. A few examples:

• about_to_sleep – A winding-down indicator, like when we’re in bed but not fully sleeping yet.
• deep_sleep – Deep sleep. Activated ~30 mins after sleeping mode starts.
• about_to_wakeup – Getting ready to wake up soon, based on workdays or sleep duration.
• evening_guests / overnight_guests – Guests coming over or staying the night.

These flags let me delay certain actions (like turning off lights) or change how the house behaves based on who’s around. Most of these are also triggered automatically based on sensors, calendar events, or even phone charging status.

🧠 The result

The beauty of this setup is that most other automations (like lights, climate, music, etc.) just react to changes in mode or state — which means I don’t need 1000 different if-this-then-that rules. The context is built into the system.

This isn’t a “one size fits all” setup. Every home is different, and how you enable/disable your modes and states will depend on the devices you have and your daily routines. But conceptually, this structure has made everything more manageable for me and more pleasant for the rest of the family.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/mshaefer on 2025-03-31 19:24:55+00:00.

I'm willing to do some rooting and tweaking if that's what it takes, but these Fire tablets have to go. All I want is a tablet that can run Fully Kiosk, performs well enough to not lag while simply applying custom styles, and won't pop up ads or something on screen. 8" to 10" is fine. Any recs?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Dangerous_Battle_603 on 2025-03-31 18:33:01+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/hew_lulu on 2025-03-31 17:55:50+00:00.

Looking for feedback on my dashboard overhaul.

I’ve been using this setup as the main control center for my home—running on an old iPad mounted in the kitchen. Recently decided it was time for a full redesign.

I used GPT to generate the floor plans, goal was to move away from the cluttered “wall of toggles” look and shift toward a more dynamic, purposeful layout. Now, every element on the screen has intent—media controls, locks, and other components only appear when they’re actually needed (e.g., when music/spotify is playing, a tv is on, or a door is unlocked).

Would love to hear thoughts, suggestions, or how others are incorporating these 3d floor models.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/marcinbauer-me on 2025-03-31 14:30:47+00:00.

Hello Home Assistant community,

Marcin here, product designer from the Open Home Foundation working on Home Assistant.

We invite you to participate in a survey focused on naming and searching for areas, devices, and entities in Home Assistant. The goal of this survey is to better understand naming patterns and identify any challenges you may face when searching.

This activity is fully remote and unmoderated, which means you can complete it independently, at your own pace, and whenever it's convenient for you. It should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

To participate, follow this link:

If you have any questions or encounter any issues, feel free to comment below or reach out directly.

Thank you for helping us make Home Assistant even better!

Cheers 👋

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ronyjk22 on 2025-03-31 00:50:51+00:00.

Hey folks. I have been pulling my hair out for a bit trying to figure out why the latest update is preventing my Proxmox host from achieving any C-states at all.

I am running an HA VM in Proxmox with 2 cores (OVMF BIOS and q35 machine). Everything was going fine until I updated HA today. After the updated, I rebooted the entire server and now my Proxmox host won't reach any C-States C2-C10 causing a bump in my power consumption. I am pretty sure it is HA because when I shut down HA, my Proxmox Host can reach the deeper C-States all the way up to C8. Doesn't matter how long I keep the system idle for, if HA is on, it seems like my system does not idle at all.

I am not sure why it is doing that as I have only given HA two cores.

Is anyone here running an HA VM in Proxmox? Does anyone know what may be going on with the latest update?

Here are the powertop screenshots on the proxmox host

Powertop screenshot with HA VM on

Powertop Screenshot with HA VM turned off

For reference, my system is 12700k with an MSI motherboard. ASPM has been enabled in the BIOS.

Any troubleshooting steps would be highly appreciated.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/paul345 on 2025-03-30 20:00:14+00:00.

Was listening to the latest homeassistant podcast this afternoon and the guest talked about a household rule of no automations in the bedroom.

Fortunately, all the household automations (so far) are well received and nothing's out-of-bounds but what are you seeing?

• What automations are you most conscious could trigger family disapproval

• What are your household "no go" areas that you'd like to automate but aren't allowed. Maybe you have previously automated something, it went wrong and has now been banned.

• What principles do you use to minimise family disapproval.

On the principles side, I stick to:

• Automations have to make the house behave better. Aiming for almost all automations to require no additional steps or behaviour change. If interaction is required, it should be a small interaction to do multiple things, not just changing a simple switch to a voice command.

• Test automations in one place for a week before applying to the house.

• House has to fall back to a dumb house if HA were to be switched off.

• Everything should be triggerable via voice if required but not expected to be primary interaction.

• No requirement for dashboards or active use of companion app.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/MeowsBundle on 2025-03-30 14:29:53+00:00.

By rooms?

By type of devices (lights, plugs, etc)?

By integrations?

I currently have a mix of everything and I’m looking for inspiration.

Feel free to share screenshots.

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