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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Particular-Finish-40 on 2025-11-26 10:52:08+00:00.
Hello,
I'm 72 years old and have been tinkering with HA for years. I've been in IT since 1972 or so and love faffing with tech.
A lot of things in our house are controlled via HA.
Given that there's often something to repair/restart/change batteries in, my wife is wondering aloud (aka "worried") how she would keep it going if/when I die (or am similarly unable to deal with such things).
Generally speaking, she likes the automations, the voice commands etc, but she's not technically minded. I'm also tech support for our children, so that's no solution either.
Has anyone been confronted with this problem and found a suitable solution other than to go back to pre[HA]-history?
ps. This train of thought was triggered by a dead battery in an outdoor light sensor that ....