Connecting Obsidian to Gemini transformed my notes from archive to actually useful
…This is a super low-effort setup but with a big payoff. Drive only takes a few minutes to sync, and the Gemini integration is one button. Once that’s set up…
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I ditched Claude Projects for a self-hosted setup that costs nothing and does more
1d agoClaude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
2d agoI ran local LLMs on my phone for a month, and now my desktop setup feels like overkill
5d agoI stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
1w agoMy monitor's built-in USB hub was the desk upgrade I never knew I had
…As you add more and more devices to your setup over time, you may run out of the right USB ports on your motherboard . You'll be glad to have additional ports…
I already bought the lifetime Plex pass, but the price increase might make me move to Jellyfin anyway
…I am glad, however, that I took the time to set up an LXC on my lab for testing purposes. It showed me the setup takes just a few minutes, and the…
SSD caching on a NAS sounds clever, but it's the wrong upgrade for most workloads
…to support redundant Special VDEV setups for all your storage pools can cost an arm and a leg, I can’t recommend enabling this feature on your storage server. Related If you…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
…Then there’s community blueprints, official (and third-party) integrations, and add-ons (or apps, as they’re called in recent releases). The best part? Home Assistant receives new updates every month…
I ignored mini PCs for years, until AMD APUs made them a serious value proposition
…currently volatile SSD and RAM . Even if you choose a desktop processor with a capable integrated GPU, the additional hardware can add up quickly, making mid-range DIY setups less viable when…
Your home lab's biggest mistake might be running everything in LXCs
…Samba and NFS both care deeply about users, groups, ownership, and permissions. Add bind mounts from the Proxmox host, and the setup can get cloudy fast. What looked like a clean container…
I turned my Raspberry Pi into a pocket Linux server that runs from a power bank, and it's weirdly useful
…this setup. Unfortunately, I don’t have an LTE HAT on me at the moment, so I can’t just slap Tailscale on it and call it a day. And considering it…
I tried multiple self-hosted dashboards but keep coming back to Glance
…Glance offers a huge variety of widgets that you can add to the dashboard and build one or multiple pages with them. So, you get the weather, RSS feed, markets, hardware usage…
I ditched Portainer for Dockhand and I regret not doing it sooner
…from conventional tools to an organized, containerized setup. Doing so with Docker is a cakewalk because you can isolate one service from others and never encounter deployment or launch issues. I learned…