Thinking of self-hosting some basic tools; SearxNG, Bitwarden, Lemmy.
What kind of tools are you self-hosting right now? Which ones are easy to manage, which ones are awkward? 👀
Not all smart devices are intercompatible with each other, but Home Assistant is agnostic and tries to work with everything. Most people tend to have automations based on things that Alexa or Google Assistant can’t handle.
It may be overkill if you only have a few smart lights that Alexa can handle, but once you have a hundred or more different devices… yeah, managing all of that becomes pretty complicated!