I had the same concerns as you. Here is what I did:
- setup HASSOS as a VM in my proxmox (and passing the usb zigbee stick through)
- install HACS for extra addons
- install the VSCode addon (meh, I’d prefer vim)
- install zigbee2mqtt
- write all my automations with appdaemon
That last point lets me write everything as python code instead of point and click (nodered) or some weird and limited (to me) yaml. With appdaemon, anything python can do is possible and you get an api to HA for the automation part.
VSCode also gives you a terminal so you can use git etc.
If you prefer there is also the option of using ssh to edit your files directly, you can break out of the default HA shell over ssh with “exit”.
HA didn’t make much sense for me until I heard of appdaemon. Now it’s amazing for me.
- setup HASSOS as a VM in my proxmox (and passing the usb zigbee stick through)
- install HACS for extra addons
- install the VSCode addon (meh, I’d prefer vim)
- install zigbee2mqtt
- write all my automations with appdaemon
That last point lets me write everything as python code instead of point and click (nodered) or some weird and limited (to me) yaml. With appdaemon, anything python can do is possible and you get an api to HA for the automation part.
VSCode also gives you a terminal so you can use git etc.
If you prefer there is also the option of using ssh to edit your files directly, you can break out of the default HA shell over ssh with “exit”.
HA didn’t make much sense for me until I heard of appdaemon. Now it’s amazing for me.