When I first came across the ESPHome project a year or so ago. I thought it was interesting and something that I would use if I was building a smart device from scratch. I thought of all the things I could do, but I didn’t really like the idea of all the maintenance I could foresee.

This post will cover how I use NFC tags with Home Assistant to trigger automations. I’ve laid out all the information below on how you can use NFC Tags to automate other apps and devices as well!

NOTE: This post has been updated on May 26th to use Docker-CE instead of Snap.

I’ve upgraded or swapped my Home Assistant hardware more times than I want to count. I want to share the experiences I’ve learned along the way when choosing hardware to run Home Assistant locally. I always try choose hardware is lower power and will take up limited space in my 9U Server Cabinet