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Starting Over with Home Assistant - Prep Time


The other day I posted this question to Redit:

I’m seriously considering redoing my Home Assistant setup from scratch now that I know what we actually use and what’s just cruft… anyone else done this?

As expected, there were a variety of opinions. Surprisingly though, there was an overwhelming consensus that redos after having used Home Assistant for a whe were a good thing.

After reading all the comments and thinking about things more, I’ve decided I want to download all my backups, copy out several bits of yaml, export some other settings, and then take the plunge. […]