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incident Resolved

It appears that about the same time as core 2026.10.4 emergancy patch to address this issue GitHub have also reduced the CSP Size again which means that it was resolved on their end at least temporally too. So we have a double resolution of fixes.

Home Assistant (and HACS) Updates failing

As of sometime late on 23rd Oct 2026 there are reports of updates failing with Home Assistant and HACS with an error messege including.

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Cooling Solution for Dell Pro Max with GB10 (and probably DGX Spark)

I recently got the Dell Pro Max with GB10 which is the Dell version of the nVidia DGX Spark. This solution should also work on a DGX spark as they have the same dimensions. It gets very hot so I initially stuck a fan on it then sat an old heatsink on it but it was still pretty hot so I decided to put something together to help pull some heat out.

Whilst this is not a total step by step guide but instead an overview of my solution. It should be enough for you to replicate it if you so choose.

Parts Used

LocalBytes LED Controller review including using it in a project

What is this controller?

It is a custom product made by the UK based company LocalBytes that by default runs the opensource firmware WLED but could be flashed to something like ESPHome if you were so inclined.

You can buy it as a stand alone item or you can get it as a set with 5m of 30p/m WS2812B and a 5V/3A DC adaptor.

My Mini Rack Homelab - A Write Up!

General Plan of the Project.

The plan was to move the bulk of my server hardware from 19" Rack to 10" to both save space and update to smaller more efficient hardware to reduce power consumption.

No, You can't do that, say's TP-Link.

A write up of common issues, how to potentially get around them and why you should not buy TP-Link smart home devices usually branded as Kasa or Tapo.

Almost daily on various community platforms we see posts along the line of:

XYZ device doesn't work with Home Assistant.
Why does this feature not work?
can the integration be updated to make XYZ work.

These posts are met with "yeah, you can't do that" or "you have to do this XYZ to try and make it work"

WORK IN PROGRESS

Devices I personally have home assistant experience with

This is a list of devices I personally use or have used, How I feel about them and if I would recomend them.

Device	Device Catagory	Protocol	Fully Local?	Activly Use?	Would recommend?	Use Case
Shelly EM	Energy Tracker (CT)	Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes x 2	Yes (but consider gen3 version too)	Tracking Various Circuits inside consumer unit (electrical panel)
Shelly Pro EM	Energy Tracker (CT)	Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes x 1	Yes	Tracking EV Charger Circuit
Shelly 1PM Mini (gen2)	Relay + Energy Tracker	Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes x 1	Yes (but latest version)	Tracking and controlling light
Shelly 1PM Mini (gen3)	Relay + Energy Tracker	Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes x 7	Yes (but latest version)	Tracking and controlling light

How to add a delay to voice assistant activation M5Stack Atom Echo so other devices have priority

Start from known firmware state

Install the latest stock ESPHome firmware for the voice assistant on the atom echo

Plug the device into PC and visit this website - https://esphome.io/projects/ select voice assistant and the atom echo device connect and install firmware and configure to wifi credentials

Adopt the device into the ESPHome Builder Tool on home assistant

Go through the process of adopting and setting encryption key

LocalTuya does not work on HA 2025.5

Home assistant depricated some older methods in 2025.5. this was well documented and had a long warning period... you should refer to the LocalTuya Repo - https://github.com/rospogrigio/localtuya/

LocalTuya have not yet implemented the fixes

There has been various issues raised on their repo

rospogrigio/localtuya#1851 rospogrigio/localtuya#1864

Example of using Feedreader Integration to display recent news on dashboard

First add the feed you want using the UI

and enter your feed URL

to be sure to only get the latest news item configure the integration

	# Custom Model File to load Unsloth from HF using ollama model template
	FROM hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3-14B-GGUF:Q4_K_M
	TEMPLATE """
	{{- $lastUserIdx := -1 -}}
	{{- range $idx, $msg := .Messages -}}
	{{- if eq $msg.Role "user" }}{{ $lastUserIdx = $idx }}{{ end -}}
	{{- end }}
	{{- if or .System .Tools }}<\|im_start\|>system
	{{ if .System }}
	{{ .System }}