Malachi Soord In a beautiful place out in the country

Reset Home Assistant owner password

I recently had to reset the owner account on my Home Assistant instance after forgetting the password.

Thankfully Home Assistant provides comprehensive documentation that walks through several recovery options.

The notes below capture the exact flow I used on a Home Assistant OS install, where the supervisor runs Home...

Uncovering Security Flaws in JWT Flows

Last year, our landlord replaced our IOLite-controlled heating system with standard manual operated valves. Returning to manual control was inconvenient, so I sought a solution, that:

  • Provided similar functionality
  • Integrated seamlessly with Home Assistant
  • Allowed local control for offline use
  • Required no reverse engineering (unlike IOLite)
  • ...

Graceful OLED TV shutdown automation

A while back we upgraded our TV to a Philips OLED Ambilight model similar to the Philips Ambilight 55OLED759. The difference going from LED to OLED was impressive but there is a software feature that soon became rather annoying in that the TV would from time to time prompt...

WLED fairy lights

The WLED project is something I have been meaning to use for a while but never got around to experimenting with until recently when I purchased some WS2812B Fairy Lights to decorate our living room with. The setup was easier than expected and the capabilities of this platform...

Decrypt additional LUKS encrypted volumes on boot

I recently upgraded to a new PC which has multiple drives that I wanted to encrypt and decrypt these automatically on boot.

My distribution of choice is EndevourOS as it provides an easy way to get started with an arch based system.

The installer provides a way to easily...