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re: Update pg 3 - 43" bar information home assistant display now in beta!
Posted on 3/15/26 at 7:36 am to CAD703X
Posted on 3/15/26 at 7:36 am to CAD703X
That looks great 
Good thing now, if you ever get the itch to actually install a touch display, it'll just be swapping out the TVs. Maybe run a USB cable with the wiring so you don't have to do that in the future (most touch displays use USB to connect to the computer for touch input)
Good thing now, if you ever get the itch to actually install a touch display, it'll just be swapping out the TVs. Maybe run a USB cable with the wiring so you don't have to do that in the future (most touch displays use USB to connect to the computer for touch input)
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 7:48 am to bluebarracuda
A little change of subject, but on the topic of dashboards, anyone have any cool Homepage layouts they want to share? Finally getting around to making mine, but it's pretty plain on boring 
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 7:55 am
Posted on 3/18/26 at 8:10 am to bluebarracuda
Agree 100%. HA needs desperately to hire some UX pros to update their default card library to much more professional, polished friendly designs. The current crap only appeals to the people who grew up watching Star Trek and a real turn off for people looking to get into this. They can suck in every known device to mankind but all you get is crap cards with a zillion tiny buttons.
Case in point: a community member had to dig in and create a decent weather card. This should have been a no brainer for a default view
LINK
Case in point: a community member had to dig in and create a decent weather card. This should have been a no brainer for a default view
LINK
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 8:11 am
Posted on 3/18/26 at 8:13 am to bluebarracuda
Tl;dr nobody gives a shite about the backend engineering and "elegant" code if you fat finger the UX.
A casual user looks at that airline cockpit and says "gross"
A casual user looks at that airline cockpit and says "gross"
Posted on 3/18/26 at 8:34 am to bluebarracuda
No but I never even thought of this. I have a similar number of web managed container apps and even having a white page with blue links would be kind of nice. I don’t even have Portainer yet. Oops.
I have similar stack plus node red, aqualinkd, Wg easy, N8N, and Open web UI. Then subtract the movie arrs, storage, and (if everything goes well this week) no more PVE.
I have similar stack plus node red, aqualinkd, Wg easy, N8N, and Open web UI. Then subtract the movie arrs, storage, and (if everything goes well this week) no more PVE.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 9:25 am to CAD703X
quote:
Agree 100%. HA needs desperately to hire some UX pros to update their default card library to much more professional, polished friendly designs
Why hire people when people will make them for free
Have you looked through HACS or github for all the different custom cards out there?
Posted on 3/18/26 at 10:12 am to bluebarracuda
quote:starting to. I still haven't plugged all my stuff in. Never ending. I'm too OCD to leave anything smart stranded. The eufy lock no go is driving me nuts. And tuya made me reauthorize twice already
Have you looked through HACS or github for all the different custom cards out there?
and some of my devices I have to to re-pair in smart life are not easy to get to to punch the reset button on. But the foundation is there so I can putter around with it and slowly get it the way I want.
Eta also Matter is finicky as shite.
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 10:15 am
Posted on 3/20/26 at 9:19 am to CAD703X
I finally got MQTT working on aqualinkd so now the pool is on the dashboard. I just hit the heater button this morning. Going to be in there all weekend. My 20+ year old pool now has better better smart and AI integrations than anything you can buy new. Plus it controls the patio mist.
Next up is moving HA to docker so I’m not in HAOS prison anymore. HAOS is really great and the easiest/best install but once you build on it, you’re stuck with it. Migration requires keeping a hypervisor, using an entire machine, or basically rebuilding from scratch but you can at least keep automations, scripts, scenes, and cards once your entities line up.
Next up is moving HA to docker so I’m not in HAOS prison anymore. HAOS is really great and the easiest/best install but once you build on it, you’re stuck with it. Migration requires keeping a hypervisor, using an entire machine, or basically rebuilding from scratch but you can at least keep automations, scripts, scenes, and cards once your entities line up.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 4/7/26 at 10:45 am to Dallaswho
Bump. New HA update fixed my Bosch dishwasher and Roborock issues so i have the display jumping to a full-screen vacuum dash (complete with live view of vacuum -- white circle on the map -- and lines indicating where its already cleaned) and it drops back to the main display when done.
also nice as i can easily send it home from here if its annoying which it can be.
i need to regenerate my house map when the floor length window drapes aren't open to fix that 'bleed' you're seeing but i'm lazy. i'll get to it eventually.
love this shite!
also nice as i can easily send it home from here if its annoying which it can be.
i need to regenerate my house map when the floor length window drapes aren't open to fix that 'bleed' you're seeing but i'm lazy. i'll get to it eventually.
love this shite!
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 10:46 am
Posted on 4/7/26 at 11:15 am to CAD703X
ok so i just created an AI video of the vacuum being announced and this video is now playing full screen right before the vacuum display appears 
somebody please stage an intervention for me. i need some serious mental health help.
somebody please stage an intervention for me. i need some serious mental health help.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 11:28 am to Dallaswho
quote:Can I ask why you want to eliminate PVE? Proxmox has been the best thing I ever did for my homelab.
and (if everything goes well this week) no more PVE
Posted on 4/7/26 at 2:32 pm to Korkstand
Yes. I’m so happy I finally got rid of it. I got started that way a long time ago but after time it became much more of a burden than an asset.
1. I run 2x core ultra minis and running mostly NPU, GPU and media accelerated tasks.
2. None of these tasks benefit from ZFS or virtualization and mini pc acceleration usually requires LXCs with a long list of permissions to manage and are marginally less performant and more error prone.
3. PVE creates a mess of files and services. Impossible to know where things are. The little notes section in the UI is nice though.
4. PVE is nearly impossible to escape. It’s just like the Unifi cult. You can move the VM to another machine super easy as long that other machine is also running PVE. That’s not flexibility. HAOS needed a full rebuild to migrate to docker.
I have full on docker addiction now. No more complex file systems. Everything just lives in /srv. I even put ddclient in docker so it’s easier to back up. I have a webhook listener that just resets dispatcharr from home assistant. I went ahead and made a container for that too because why not? Everything is just so easy and clean now.
1. I run 2x core ultra minis and running mostly NPU, GPU and media accelerated tasks.
2. None of these tasks benefit from ZFS or virtualization and mini pc acceleration usually requires LXCs with a long list of permissions to manage and are marginally less performant and more error prone.
3. PVE creates a mess of files and services. Impossible to know where things are. The little notes section in the UI is nice though.
4. PVE is nearly impossible to escape. It’s just like the Unifi cult. You can move the VM to another machine super easy as long that other machine is also running PVE. That’s not flexibility. HAOS needed a full rebuild to migrate to docker.
I have full on docker addiction now. No more complex file systems. Everything just lives in /srv. I even put ddclient in docker so it’s easier to back up. I have a webhook listener that just resets dispatcharr from home assistant. I went ahead and made a container for that too because why not? Everything is just so easy and clean now.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:10 pm to Dallaswho
I haven't tried to escape proxmox, but it looks to be as easy as exporting the machine then importing to something else. Containers might take a little more but it looks do-able.
If you only have 2 nodes and a workload that fits it well, I guess it would be simpler to eliminate proxmox. Personally though I still like the added layer of separation and flexibility that virtualization gives you. Like in the case of an OS upgrade, even with just 1 machine, it's pretty simple to take a snapshot that I can restore if something breaks. Or spin up another VM on that host with an already-upgraded OS and move the containers over.
If you only have 2 nodes and a workload that fits it well, I guess it would be simpler to eliminate proxmox. Personally though I still like the added layer of separation and flexibility that virtualization gives you. Like in the case of an OS upgrade, even with just 1 machine, it's pretty simple to take a snapshot that I can restore if something breaks. Or spin up another VM on that host with an already-upgraded OS and move the containers over.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 4:38 pm to Korkstand
Ya PVE was super great when I ditched the big gpu machine and went to minis, I just threw the hard-to-migrate, non-accelerated VMs right onto an old nuc. It took just a few minutes.
Problem is a year later I was still running this loud old nuc8 up in the IT area. It took the ram apocalypse to finally motivate me to migrate off of PVE because that old nuc had 32GB ddr4 and I got double what it used to be worth within 3 hours of posting it.
Problem is a year later I was still running this loud old nuc8 up in the IT area. It took the ram apocalypse to finally motivate me to migrate off of PVE because that old nuc had 32GB ddr4 and I got double what it used to be worth within 3 hours of posting it.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 5:59 pm to Dallaswho
Eufy officially working at least from a read state (lock state, battery level, etc) and even though I can't lock through the dashboard but I'll take it. I've got the locking down pat in the app so I think I'm fine there.
They even locked when the power and Internet was out so they're little rock stars.
They even locked when the power and Internet was out so they're little rock stars.
This post was edited on 4/7/26 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 4/8/26 at 8:22 am to Korkstand
quote:
I haven't tried to escape proxmox, but it looks to be as easy as exporting the machine then importing to something else. Containers might take a little more but it looks do-able
Containers are just as easy to move. Docker is fantastic, but there's a reason why so many people run docker inside of something like Proxmox
Dallaswho is overblowing the need to "move around" VMs. I can count on one hand how many times I've had to do a full migration of VMs from one new host to another, and it's basically as easy as 1) spinning up the new host, adding it as a cluster to the existing host, and migrating the VM that way, then remove the old host from the cluster 2) Backing up the VM and deploying it on the new host 3) Copying the vm disk from the old host to the new
And going back to my first point, there are things docker simply cant do, which is why most people run docker under a hypervisor, so you get the best of both worlds
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:45 am to bluebarracuda
Migrating machines in PVE is super easy, as long as the destination is also QEMU (or full blown PVE if you’re using its features). That’s the trap.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 11:02 am to Dallaswho
I'm really not seeing the trap. QEMU might be the easiest format to convert. The entire point of virtualization is to escape the trap of a machine being tied to the hardware it's running on.
If it's just added complexity for you and you wouldn't take advantage of the benefits, ok. But you're going to have a hard time convincing me that virtualization, and especially proxmox, adds a layer of lock-in and removes flexibility. It's the opposite for me.
If it's just added complexity for you and you wouldn't take advantage of the benefits, ok. But you're going to have a hard time convincing me that virtualization, and especially proxmox, adds a layer of lock-in and removes flexibility. It's the opposite for me.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:52 pm to Korkstand
update; added a few cool new features:
- while the main bar dashboard is on most of the time, it will jump to the 'smart home' page every 20 minutes for 2 minutes just to keep the main page from burning in then going back.
- the vacuum screen is fantastic; the map fills the space now and its rather 'zen' to watch my roborock move around the house while i'm sitting at the bar having coffee and i can see if water is getting low or any other issues. if it gets stuck i can see immediately in the house where it is. so glad i stuck with it and kept working on this dashboard until it was perfect
- the fitbit integeration is actually working out better than i had planned. i have 'celebrations' set (i put 10k steps as bronze, 20k steps as silver and 30k steps as gold with an over-the-top party dashboard) i haven't hit gold yet so havent seen it in action yet but its cool how it shows all my stats; i've got HA remembering 5 years worth of data (starting from the time i set it up) so going forward it will build on my heart rate data graphs, etc. pretty cool stuff for something that was a 'throw away' integration. the top left corner is a glowing card (bronze, silver, gold) once i hit certain milestones and if i don't dismiss it, it goes back to the bar dash after an hour. hokey? yep. i also used the new google integration and ditched my fitbit API altogether because everything im' seeing indicates the fitbit API will be gone in another 6-12 months so i'm not doing it all over again.
- the 'video' youtube pane now pulls in various random live news programs off youtube. this was a bigger PITA than i realized because those YT Ids you need change constantly so i had to create a google stats account to get an API key so it could poll the various services (reuters, abc, etc.) to get a 'fresh' ID so i'm not watching recycled news programs. still not 100% happy with this; i'm working on a way to 'inject' a YT ID directly from my phone that will override this entirely when i want to put on a MMA fight or LSU baseball game. i have a feeling this one will be a long-term problem; no guarantee the current setup will be supported by google forever.
- eufy locks work 'good enough'. i already have automations for them and even though i had to setup a eufy proxy service on my HA server, its pretty solid and i have it set so if it fails or stops responding, it will restart the service and get back online. its only failed once in the last month and that was before i set it up to recover so i think this is pretty solid now; but of course not optimal; i'll move to zwave locks eventually but they're expensive for what i want.
- tl;dr overall its pretty awesome how well this worked out. the biggest things still to do is purchase a tempest weather station and integrate that with my rachio. my lake pump failed so i'm not running irrigation yet anyway, they're going to pull it out of the water next week and see if it just clogged or what so hopefully that will be back online soon too.
next to purchase:
- tempest weather station
- bluetooth extender
- zwave stick
- possibly a 2nd dehumidifier for my shed or maybe a small hvac for it.
my creativity is running a little low right now so if anyone has any ideas of other stuff i can do, please send it my way.
- while the main bar dashboard is on most of the time, it will jump to the 'smart home' page every 20 minutes for 2 minutes just to keep the main page from burning in then going back.
- the vacuum screen is fantastic; the map fills the space now and its rather 'zen' to watch my roborock move around the house while i'm sitting at the bar having coffee and i can see if water is getting low or any other issues. if it gets stuck i can see immediately in the house where it is. so glad i stuck with it and kept working on this dashboard until it was perfect
- the fitbit integeration is actually working out better than i had planned. i have 'celebrations' set (i put 10k steps as bronze, 20k steps as silver and 30k steps as gold with an over-the-top party dashboard
) i haven't hit gold yet so havent seen it in action yet but its cool how it shows all my stats; i've got HA remembering 5 years worth of data (starting from the time i set it up) so going forward it will build on my heart rate data graphs, etc. pretty cool stuff for something that was a 'throw away' integration. the top left corner is a glowing card (bronze, silver, gold) once i hit certain milestones and if i don't dismiss it, it goes back to the bar dash after an hour. hokey? yep. i also used the new google integration and ditched my fitbit API altogether because everything im' seeing indicates the fitbit API will be gone in another 6-12 months so i'm not doing it all over again. - the 'video' youtube pane now pulls in various random live news programs off youtube. this was a bigger PITA than i realized because those YT Ids you need change constantly so i had to create a google stats account to get an API key so it could poll the various services (reuters, abc, etc.) to get a 'fresh' ID so i'm not watching recycled news programs. still not 100% happy with this; i'm working on a way to 'inject' a YT ID directly from my phone that will override this entirely when i want to put on a MMA fight or LSU baseball game. i have a feeling this one will be a long-term problem; no guarantee the current setup will be supported by google forever.
- eufy locks work 'good enough'. i already have automations for them and even though i had to setup a eufy proxy service on my HA server, its pretty solid and i have it set so if it fails or stops responding, it will restart the service and get back online. its only failed once in the last month and that was before i set it up to recover so i think this is pretty solid now; but of course not optimal; i'll move to zwave locks eventually but they're expensive for what i want.
- tl;dr overall its pretty awesome how well this worked out. the biggest things still to do is purchase a tempest weather station and integrate that with my rachio. my lake pump failed so i'm not running irrigation yet anyway, they're going to pull it out of the water next week and see if it just clogged or what so hopefully that will be back online soon too.
next to purchase:
- tempest weather station
- bluetooth extender
- zwave stick
- possibly a 2nd dehumidifier for my shed or maybe a small hvac for it.
my creativity is running a little low right now
so if anyone has any ideas of other stuff i can do, please send it my way.Posted on 5/5/26 at 9:48 am to CAD703X
quote:
my creativity is running a little low right now so if anyone has any ideas of other stuff i can do, please send it my way.
I just finished setting up an ESP32 bluetooth presence sensor and a pressure sensor attached to a phone stand, so that when I place my phone in the phone stand in my office upstairs (that is also the guest bedroom), it will run automations like set the upstairs AC to XX temp, turn on my displays, turn on my pixel LED display, etc
Here's the phone stand pressure sensor in action (sorry for the shitty gif, cant upload the video):
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