I replaced five smart home hubs with a $30 Zigbee dongle and never looked back
…Related I run my entire smart home from a single mini PC with Home Assistant If you'd have told me my smart home would be controlled from one box I wouldn…
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Google Home and Alexa can't do what I built in Home Assistant, and that's the whole point
1w agoYou can turn "dumb" devices smart without replacing anything; just Home Assistant integrations will suffice
1w agoHome Assistant just made every infrared device in your house controllable, and you probably already own them
1w agoI built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet
1w agoThis open-source dashboard finally gave me the unified view my home lab desperately needed
…Sign in to your XDA account Running a home lab starts simply with a few containers for media and photo backups, and maybe Home Assistant to build out a smart home. But…
I finally audited my smart home after 3 years and found 4 security problems hiding in plain sight
…Sign in to your XDA account With a smart home , it's easy over the years to add one bulb here, one camera there, and just slowly grow from there. Your home…
I finally automated my curtains without drilling holes or replacing anything
…Pairing the device with the SwitchBot Hub 2 allows you to bring the curtains into Home Assistant, Apple Home, or Google Home via Matter as well. Of course, the solar panel 3…
You, too, can build this ESP32 3D-printed solar system model, and yes, it spins
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
Microsoft quietly buried 'for entertainment purposes only' in Copilot's Terms of Use
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
I replaced ChatGPT and Claude with this powerful local LLM and saved over $20 a month while gaining full control
…Sign in to your XDA account As a home labber, I’ve always been an advocate for running services on my local hardware instead of relying on cloud platforms. And my stance…
4 ways I stopped fighting Android Auto and started customizing it instead
…Sign in to your XDA account Android Auto is brilliant, right up until you need to do something, flying down the interstate at 60 mph, where Assistant refuses to behave, and taking…
My DIY router has been my DNS, VPN, and ad-blocker for a year, and I'd never use an ISP router again
…I’ve also got a NetAlertX instance hooked up to my Home Assistant hub for some wacky automations, while Authentik is my go-to SSO server. Then there’s the Pulse container…
One command sets up a Claude AI workstation better than anything I've built manually
…In that time, he's also written for SlashGear and numerous corporate clients before finding his home at XDA in the spring of 2023. He was the kid who took apart every…