Evaporating Clouds
Local control. Less cloud. A home that’s yours.
- Document
- EC-HOME
- Revision
- 2026-10-06
- Entries
- 1
- Status
- In progress
Features
- Home Assistant on a Proxmox server at the core
- Zigbee and Z-Wave devices, with no vendor cloud in the loop
- Practical projects, experiments and lessons learned, failures included
- Deals on hardware worth running locally, from Amazon and brand stores
Description
A smarter home shouldn’t mean giving up control. I’m working toward home automation that runs locally, relies less on outside services, and works on my terms. Evaporating Clouds documents that journey—one device, integration, and automation at a time.
Revision history
| Doc | Date | Entry |
|---|---|---|
| EC-001 | Evaporating Clouds: Taking Back My Smart Home Why I’m moving my home automation off other people’s servers, and what this blog will document along the way. |
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