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Courtenay Watson
Home Assistant user and enthusiast sharing a multi-year smart home journey, covering hardware (Blue/N2+), Energy Dashboard work with MQTT, Tuya experience, backups/restores, and automation practices.
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Nov 25, 2025
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From Pi to Blue, we’re revisiting Courtenay Watson
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Courtenay Watson, a dedicated Home Assistant enthusiast, discusses her impressive six-year journey from Raspberry Pi to Home Assistant Blue. She shares insights on mastering the Energy Dashboard using MQTT and surviving outages with Tuya devices. Courtenay also highlights the shift from YAML to a more user-friendly UI for automations. Plus, she tells a remarkable story about swiftly restoring backups after a beta hiccup. With future plans encompassing sensors and automation robots, her experience is both captivating and educational for new users.
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