HomeAssistant - after aprrox. 2 years usage

In an older post I found that I started home automation with OpenHAB.

A few days later I switched to HomeAssistant and I'm still using it.

Getting it up and running on a Raspi 4 was quite easy.

However, the complexity of integrating devices differs wildly.

My setup is now like this:

• Automatic backup to Google Drive
• Using the Mosquitto MQTT addon.
  
• Integrated several WiFi plugs, for some of them I flashed Tasmota myself (OTA), but the newer ones I bought pre-flashed in the UK. These include power sensors.
• Integrated ~ 20 ZigBee light bulbs (using a ConBee 2 USB stick), most of them bought from IKEA
• Integrated some ZigBee switches from IKEA.
  
• Integrated my SunGrow Solar system using modbus.
• Integrated my Vaillant heating and hot-water system using a tiny device which is connected to it via the proprietary "ebus" wire protocol and is connect to MQTT via WiFi. This device is magic!
• Using  scenes for light settings
  
• Using very few automations (for switching on and off lights, switching on Spotify on the TV in the morning)