Sep 8, 20267 min readHome AssistantHome Assistant Green
Home Assistant Green vs Raspberry Pi: Why 199 Dollars Is Not the Comparison
Green costs 199 USD and people call it expensive. Price out an equivalent Pi 5 build and the gap mostly disappears - but two other differences do not, and neither is the CPU.
Mar 2, 202610 min readHome AssistantRaspberry Pi
Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi: Which Model, and What Kills It Six Months Later
Pi 3, 4, 5 or Home Assistant Green? Official requirements, the real cost of a Pi 5 build, and the four hardware mistakes that corrupt your install - power, SD cards, USB 3.0 and the database.
Mar 2, 20267 min readHome AssistantSynology
Home Assistant on Synology: What You Give Up, and How to Get It Back
Installing Home Assistant in Container Manager takes ten minutes - and silently costs you add-ons, one-click updates and out-of-the-box Z-Wave. Here is what that means and the VM route that avoids it.