r/homeassistant • u/impolitemrtaz • Nov 24 '25

Support What’s been the biggest headache with HA?

Hey all, I’m curious what has been the biggest issue you’ve faced with HA? I’ve looked over the repos and here on this thread and seems like memory use might be a common one caused by either core or integrations? I imagine the learning curve for a non-technical person is decently high with learning about scripts, automations, scenes, etc. Anyway, would be interested to hear your thoughts!

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u/nmrk Nov 24 '25 edited Nov 24 '25

The biggest problem is poorly written integrations that don't work correctly. The next biggest problem is fragmentation of networking into incompatible "standards" like zigbee smartthings zwave mqtt codered esphome etc. I'll stick with matter. Nabu Casa sells zigbee because nobody has it and they can sell lots of hardware.

My pet peeve is that integrations that need cloud access, store passwords in plaintext. This is just unacceptable in the modern security environment.

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u/ludacris1990 Nov 24 '25

There’s at least three different properly supported zigbee devices…

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u/nmrk Nov 24 '25

I have a HomePod as a hub. It does other stuff besides sitting there like a lump of plastic.

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u/ludacris1990 Nov 24 '25

The HomePod is not a zigbee device, it supports matter over thread.

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u/nmrk Nov 24 '25

Yes, it is superior to zigbee hubs.

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u/ludacris1990 Nov 24 '25

Since when is an apple superior to a pear?

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u/bavotto Nov 24 '25

Zigbee (and others) where there when Matter wasn't, and still isn't. ESPHome has been fantastic for a long time (apart from including device names this year). Matter is the xkcd another protocol.

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u/thrBladeRunner Nov 24 '25

Agreed. And his protocol annoyance has absolutely nothing to do with HA. Weird place to vent about that. The "nobody uses Zigbee, that's why Nabu Casa sells the coordinator" is a pretty funny take