10 quality-of-life services I self-host on my home lab
…to build some truly ingenious automation workflows with your IoT devices. Related How I use Node-RED and Home Assistant together for the ultimate smart home With the right setup, Node-RED…
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I spent $90 on a power conditioner, and it fixed my entire home theater setup
4d agoStop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
5d agoMost home servers are wildly overbuilt, and the N100 proved it to me
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…Got an old microphone? Pair it with some add-ons, and you’ve got a voice-controlled setup for managing your smart home. Me? My biggest addition to Home Assistant wasn’t…
I paired a Raspberry Pi with an ESP32, and it unlocked projects I never thought of before
…For home lab and smart home tinkering, that’s exactly the kind of division that turns a half-formed idea into something worth building. ESP32 Brand AITRIP Connectivity Features UART, USB The…
My Raspberry Pi NAS taught me that cheap storage isn't worth the compromise
…Eventually, I had to admit that I wasn't building a clever alternative to a dedicated box. I was building around the Raspberry Pi's limits and pretending that counted as progress…
I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee
…It does feel like Matter tried to simplify the smart home for the masses, but in doing so it breaks the stability that power users spent a decade building. I'm ripping…
ESPHome turned my junk drawer into a smart home
…Outside of these examples, there are countless other projects you can undergo based on what your needs are and what your smart home setup is. If you're striving for more automation…
Most people waste money on mini PCs when their old laptop is already a better home server
…With a laptop serving as your home server (pun intended), you're not going to be dealing with headless boot issues, missing peripherals, or obscure setup quirks that send you digging through…
Stop buying mesh Wi-Fi before trying these free yet game-changing network upgrades
…The most common mesh setup consists of a primary node connected to one or more satellite nodes to create an uninterrupted Wi-Fi net around the home. While a mesh network is…
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