December 2019 - The Budget Smart Home

Migrating your blog from Jekyll to Ghost

Daniel MasonDec 28, 2019January 7, 20210

There are many tools out there that do this job, but I ended up having to customise one script heavily to fully migrate my markdown-based Jekyll blog to Ghost.

Guide: How to set up cheap and effective motion sensors for Home Assistant

Daniel MasonDec 24, 2019March 5, 20230

I have written in the past about my RF-based sensor setup, the gateway services, and custom HA components that support them. This post consolodates all these resources and fills in the gaps for an end

Fully Automated Github Workflow for Home Assistant components

Daniel MasonDec 21, 2019November 9, 20200

This article contains a sample Github Workflow for Home Assistant components. This can be used to create versioned releases, add a changelog, create Git tags and Github Release for HACS.

Creating Meteorologic Metrics and Cooling efficiency sensors for Home Assistant

Daniel MasonDec 15, 2019March 5, 20230

I have made two more custom components for Home Assistant available for use! These components calculate various meteorological metrics as well as the efficiency of evaporative air conditioning systems.