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I moved my self-hosted apps from a Raspberry Pi to an N100 mini PC, and I should have done it sooner
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5d agoThis awesome Raspberry Pi project uses the Pepper's Ghost illusion to make a holographic display
1w agoI turned my Raspberry Pi into a portable NAS that runs off a power bank, and now I carry terabytes everywhere
1w agoMy Proxmox backups stopped being a storage nightmare with this workaround
…For reference, I wanted to connect my 2-node ZFS replication (+ 1 Raspberry Pi QDevice) cluster to the PBS setup. But since both nodes share the same datacenter, all I had to…
Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)
…I run most utilities inside containerized environments, which are light enough for most devices, including something as underpowered as a Raspberry Pi. Just like the clients, the OS doesn’t matter for…
The ESP32 project I'm most proud of has no cloud, no app, and no gimmicks
…Despite being cheaper than Arduino and Raspberry Pi Pico, it outperforms most of its rivals. Plus, the ESP32 even has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality built into every board, making it great…
I stopped looking for the perfect Stream Deck alternative and built one instead
…This specific chip is fantastic because, unlike a Raspberry Pi, it's not too expensive and overkill for what you're using it for. It also has a great advantage: built-in…
Running Proxmox on my ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus taught me where mini PCs still fall short
…It is the kind of machine that can quietly absorb jobs that used to be scattered across Raspberry Pis and older mini PCs. Used that way, it feels efficient rather than limited…
I turned my old laptop into a retro gaming station with Batocera, and it's better (and worse) than I expected
…On Linux, I've typically used one called Impression, but I was forced to download the Raspberry Pi Imager to do it. After disabling Secure Boot, I was able to boot into…
Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
…If you’re as big a fan of microcontrollers as I am, you can install ESPHome on Home Assistant and program ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Pico MCUs to your heart’s content…
Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works
…There’s also the hardware question. Running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, mini PC, NAS, or virtual machine is not difficult once you’re comfortable with that world. However, it’s…
Don't install Ubuntu as your first Linux distro; here's why learning the hard way actually matters
…I, too, didn’t have the faintest idea about these elements until I started using a custom Debian OS on a Raspberry Pi . Suddenly, I had to do everything via the terminal…