Truncate the home-assistant.log file Using a Shell Command
When my Home Assistant instance goes a couple weeks between restarts, the home-assistant.log file can grow to nearly a gigabyte in size if t…
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Reset Controller Buttons on Steam Link for tvOS
Lately I’ve been using an Xbox One controller paired to the Apple TV for playing tvOS games. I recently installed the Steam Link tvOS …
Adding a CT101 Z-Wave Thermostat to Home Assistant
These are the steps I used to successfully pair a CT101 Z-Wave thermostat with my USB Z-Wave stick running with Home Assistant. These steps …
How to Increase Sensitivity on Aqara Vibration Sensor with Home Assistant ZHA
I recently purchased an Aqara vibration sensor, but the default sensitivity wasn’t working for my application. The sensor was connecte…
Display Characters Remaining in SharePoint Framework Property Pane Text Field
I recently created a custom SharePoint Framework (SPFx) web part that had some text fields in the property pane with character limits. I wan…
Syncing a GitHub Fork with the Upstream Repo
GitHub provides some documentation on how to keep your fork in sync with the original (i.e. “upstream”) repo that you forked fro…