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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/tonygret on 2026-08-02 21:52:43+00:00.

I have been using HA for about 8 months. I started my home automation journey years ago with the X10 system and have been on Smartthings since version 1 through 3 before switching that off and firing up HA on a RPI5 with an NVME drive. I have an IT background so I’ve navigated my way through HA but it hasn’t always been easy. Everything’s working well now and I have more connectivity than I could have imagined between HACS, ZWave, Zibee, Ring, Alexa, etc. I’ve spent way more time on HA that I though I would and with the constant flow of HA and integration updates it seems it may never end. In general I’m happy but I have two concerns.

1. If something happens to me my poor wife will have no idea what to do. She says she’ll hire someone to come in and take everything out except the Alexa in the kitchen. That’s about 100 devices in total. What are you folks doing to plan for such an event, if anything.
2. I have one automation that just can’t fail and that is my pool automations. I removed all the manual timers for my pump, chlorine generator and heater. With a series of zwave switches and related it all works great, but without HA, they simply won’t work at all and the pool water will foul. My question is, has anyone figured out a way to alert you of these items fail to come on and off even if HA is offline?

I realize those are odd questions that may not have answers, but it’s the stuff that keeps me up at night. Thanks!

Any help would be appreciated.