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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/beiendbjsi788bkbejd on 2026-06-23 20:23:51+00:00.
Dear friends, it is with joy that I can proudly say I've reached the state at which I don't feel the need to optimise more.
After years of tinkering, going from Raspberry Pi to corrupting multiple SD-cards, overheating USB-sticks used for hosting the OS, overheating my Linux miniPC, forgetting to backup to another system than the host system, spending a day getting pulled into a hallucinated debug trail by an LLM to configure KVM on Linux... (it's actually not that hard if you just watch a tutorial on Youtube)
... I've finally configured all my lights, sensors, robo-vacuum cleaner, automations, notifications, and have achieved close to 100% up time over the past year.
Maintenance time is virtually non-existent so now I can finally enjoy the fruits of my labor (family doesn't even complain!!)
May all my fellow HA-passionate community members once come to this moment of joy, it exists!
Edit: To some haters who don’t think I enjoyed the journey: I enjoyed the learning curve a lot! Learned lots about computers, virtual machines, Linux, IoT, it’s been a real pleasure tbh to now feel like I’ve created a system which is running with high stability. Also, I’m not saying I won’t ever touch HA again, for the first time it’s giving me more than I put effort in, which is just really satisfying.