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I agree. I use HA extensively for three years now and I still do not understand what is configured where (config files vs. the web UI). The web UI is more and m
by BrandoElFollito 6y ago
I agree. I use HA extensively for three years now and I still do not understand what is configured where (config files vs. the web UI). The web UI is more and more useful for that but then the config goes into the magical .storage bin and it is lost there.
This is for people who do it for fun and are ready to maintain a system.
- wil421 6y agoHave you tried Homebridge?
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoThis seems to be very linked with Apple, I am in the Android team :)
- wil421 6y agoNot a problem we welcome fresh converts in Apples walled garden. ;-) I might give Home Assistant a try after reading this: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/buol9s/homebridge_vs_home_assistant_2019/ https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/buol9s/homeb...
- Onawa 6y agoThis is one of the things that has bothered me the most about Home Assistant. When devices get added suing the web interface, why are they not added into the same YAML configuration that you add devices to manually? Or even if not in the same file, a different file in the same location?
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoI think the devs were changing the design on the fly, and the direction itself changed a few times. I am still not sure what goes where (though using HA extensively)
- snapetom 6y agoPretty much. Adding devices are done through the UI these days. Manually adding them to config files is not recommended. Deleting devices are a different story. The functionality of deleting devices doesn't work in the UI. I have literally had to grep the entire config directory to find all references in yaml files and delete them.