Your articles at medium are behind the paywall

[Comodore125]

Cant read them. Also while I am at it. can you do a demo (video for example) of how does the HAAS integration work, what does it produce and how does it look and the outputs you can actually get from your tool per se? Okay. Just noticed you shared "friend link" which is how I accessed it at the beggining but well medium is really bad.

[francescopace]

Hi @Comodore125, thanks for your interest in ESPectre!

About Medium articles

The Medium articles are linked in the README with free "friend links" (as you noticed) — they're a bonus that explains the story, design choices, and math behind the project. They're completely optional and not required to use ESPectre.

Everything you asked for is already in the documentation

The project has comprehensive documentation covering exactly what you requested:

How Home Assistant integration works:

• SETUP.md - Home Assistant Integration

What entities/outputs it produces:

• SETUP.md - Entities Created

Dashboard examples (ready to use YAML files):

• SETUP.md - Dashboard Examples

Automation examples:

• SETUP.md - Automation Example

Here's what it looks like in Home Assistant:

A note on open source philosophy

ESPectre is a free, open-source project maintained in my spare time. The philosophy of open source is about collaboration and contribution, not demands. When requesting features, a constructive approach (e.g., "Would it be possible to add a video tutorial? I'd be happy to help!") goes a long way.

Video tutorials

That said, several users have requested video content. I'm planning to create short tutorial videos for YouTube as soon as possible!

Community contributions are welcome! If you or anyone else would like to create video tutorials — especially in other languages (Spanish, Chinese, German, etc.) — that would be a fantastic contribution to the project. Feel free to reach out!

Thanks for your contribution,
Francesco

[francescopace]

I'll convert this issue to a discussion so anyone interested in video tutorials can join the conversation.

[Comodore125]

Hi, Just want to say - you did everything right and I absolutely appreciate it :)