HomeAssistant: What To Know Before Choosing Your Host

[@donn3389]

WOW...finally a how to HA video for the beginner. AND with no fluff and bells and whistles. Ya got me. I'm watching all your stuff.

[@dylang391]

I appreciate how thorough your video is, especially for someone with little knowledge on things like this!

[@ChuckBuilds]

Thanks! I am hoping to make this as accessible as possible. Let me know if you have any questions!

[@DavidM2002]

I have been learning to build virtual machines (VM) and when HA appeared to be something that would solve a problem for me I found that it was available VM format to download. It turned out to be the easiest VM that I have setup and it's been running non-stop for months on my NAS now. Brilliant.

[@l0gic23]

Thanks for putting these videos in a playlist and in logical order so they can just play. As i have my coffee, your watch time easily goes up. Based on what i see, your channel will be monitized in no time. May my thumbs up connect you with everyone else looking for this content.

[@ChuckBuilds]

Thank you for the kind words! Hoping to put out a logical “flow” from having no knowledge of Home Assistant to setting up some automations like mine, with what you need along the way. It’s been a bit of a learning curve for pacing and sharing the right amount without boring, please let me know if something doesn’t make sense or if I skip something!

[@l0gic23]

@@ChuckBuilds sure thing. As someone who does not know what i don't know, im happy to help you help future me as ill eventually stop finding excuses and go from watching videos to embarking down the home assistant rabbit hole

[@yuhzeetsite]

I am Running the mini pc option

[@ChuckBuilds]

Great Choice! Cost effective, powerful, and easy!

[@darknessblades]

I am planning on getting a Intel N100 based mini-PC soon. one of my requirements was USB power-delivery. this way I can power it with a single 100W multi-charger. combined with a PI for my energy monitor. and a USB powered switch

[@ChuckBuilds]

Double check your network card on the Intel N100! I've seen some folks having issues with HAOS not having the network driver