Automate your exterior lights for with holiday colors in Hubitat Elevation, Homey Pro and Home Assistant. It’s a great head to head comparison of the top hubs so you can see which automation engine fit your style. That’s right, I even tackled Home Assistant.
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Homey looks awful. Don’t they have scenes like home assistant? I would do that with a calendar entry and a scene with that name. It’s easy and does not need hundreds of checks. If I have a new day I plug it in the calendar and add a scene… Done 👍
Home Assitant is total garbage. Fucking coding in 2026 to make simpel task? FUCK OFF!
LOL, sadly this is not the video I hoped for. Home assistant was so poorly represented. you made it so hard man really its not a left brain right brain thing. Oh and read the instructions, that automation should have take less then 20 min total…
Great video, very helpful and informative rather than the fluff of other videos. Thank you for providing substance lol
Home Assistant is great and extremely powerful. I love it now that I’ve figured it out, but the chicken and knife made me laugh a lot, lol. FWIW, it’s easier to get things going now, you rarely touch yaml, if ever