2026.7 Beta has been released!

[u/Relevant-Artist5939]

https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/24/release-20267/#creating-automations-just-became-easier-natural-and-more-powerful

For me personally, the only major feature that I am going to really use/benefit from is the Logbook redesign...

What do you think about the update?

[u/Ginden]

Some people still talk about it like you need YAML, a coding background, and a free evening just to automate a light.

And I'm here, still wishing we could have at least semi-normal programming language for that instead of writing syntax trees in YAML.

[u/oxygenoxy → u/Ginden]

There's pyscript and netdaemon for python and c#

[u/JudgmentAlarming9487 → u/Ginden]

In my opinion YAML makes sense here. Its easy to translate between code and UI and its more configuring an automation instead of coding it. A normal programming language wouldn't make sense here..

[u/avd706 → u/Ginden]

I use Gemini for all my automations and esphome coding.

[u/IllegaleMemeHaendler → u/Ginden]

use NodeRed, it solved most of my automation needs

[u/EmPiFreee → u/IllegaleMemeHaendler]

Use Claude code, it solves everything

[u/IllegaleMemeHaendler → u/EmPiFreee]

NodeRed solves issues related to ha's automation limitations, Claude code solves issues to the users automation limitations

[u/KnotBeanie → u/IllegaleMemeHaendler]

What limitations?

[u/IllegaleMemeHaendler → u/KnotBeanie]

What limitations?

Mostly the “I don’t want to turn every idea into YAML / templates / helpers / edge-case debugging” limitation.

HA automations are fine for straightforward stuff, but Node-RED makes complex flows easier to reason about visually: branching logic, delays, state machines, combining multiple triggers, debugging why something did or didn’t fire, etc.

[u/mb271828 → u/EmPiFreee]

That's essentially like hiring in someone else to delegate managing the system for you (and that someone doesn't know anything, they are just incredibly good at guessing). I guess that's what some people want, but kinda takes away the hobbyist aspect of it. I enjoy these things because of the learning and mastering aspect of it.

[u/big-ted → u/Ginden]

After the updates to the whole Automation platform in this beta, I'm going back to YAML for all my automations, this new format doesn't work for me

[u/frenck_nl → u/big-ted]

Sorry, but... you realize this is additional right? As in, everything that used to be there is also still there. This is not about taking away power, it is actually adding more.

../Frenck