| 3 Mar 2025 |
 @hexa:lossy.network | * (just pinning some helpful messages, since element has been hiding the topic for a while) | 05:18:35 |
 @lynatic:catgirl.cloud | been using homeassistant on nixos for a few days now and I kinda struggle with figuring out where to put what, is there any documentation/unofficial wiki for the declerative (YAML) syntax? seems homeassistant themselves in many cases removed the YAML section from their documentation entirely in favor of showing off the UI-flow, how do y'all deal with this when writing config? | 06:19:16 |
| @hexa:lossy.network | hm, they do advertise the yaml config where it is still applicable | 06:20:25 |
| @lynatic:catgirl.cloud | * been using homeassistant on nixos for a few days now and I kinda struggle with figuring out where to put what, is there any documentation/unofficial wiki for the declarative (YAML) syntax? seems homeassistant themselves in many cases removed the YAML section from their documentation entirely in favor of showing off the UI-flow, how do y'all deal with this when writing config? | 06:20:26 |
| @hexa:lossy.network | if you want to use a component that does not have any yaml config it needs to go into extraComponents | 06:21:00 |
| @hexa:lossy.network | * if you want to use a component that does not have any yaml config it needs to go into extraComponents for the package to come with the required dependencies | 06:21:16 |
| @lynatic:catgirl.cloud | so I just pull up the docs for the integration and if there is no yaml I configure it inside the UI and it won't get overwritten by nix? | 06:22:04 |
| @lynatic:catgirl.cloud | * so I just pull up the docs for an integration and if there is no yaml I configure it inside the UI and it won't get overwritten by nix? | 06:22:11 |
| @hexa:lossy.network | yep | 06:22:12 |
|  Jaco joined the room. | 13:21:39 |
 philipp | How are y'all using the nixos module? Currently my setup is in a weird and kinda unmaintainable setup that's half declaratively generated and half created with the webui and I think switching to either fully would be an improvement. I'd like to have it all declarative, but I haven't really found a good workflow. How are you going at it? Write automations/scenes in the webui and then generate nix expressions from that, or do you write them directly in nix? | 19:55:34 |
 Geoffrey Frogeye | Bit of both. For the kind of automations I haven't done before, I do in the webui and convert yaml to nix expressions. Or at least the complicated parts (e.g. interacting with a device I haven't already an automation interacting with it). Otherwise Nix directly, copying existing code and modifying it to my needs. I do have a few helpers (functions and options), making this easier to write on the long run. | 20:10:12 |
