TrueNAS just made sharing files from your NAS as easy as a Google Drive link
…I took it for a spin, and I'm already looking forward to seeing this feature in stable channels. Related 5 open source OS options for your self-built NAS Break free…
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My homelab monitoring broke silently until I switched from SMS to ntfy in an afternoon
…The whole setup was dependent on the Termux app and API to run the app and send SMS alerts, and sometimes the process died silently. Even when the device and app worked…
My home lab dashboards were a mess until I let ChatGPT tie them together
…One month, the Raspberry Pi is the star of the setup, and the next month, a mini PC or NAS picks up half the workload. Services migrate, IP addresses change, containers get…
I stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
…I’ve been there, staring at mini PCs, Raspberry Pi boards, NAS bays, spare SSDs, and network adapters, convinced the next box would finally make the setup feel complete . It rarely works…
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The NAS feature I use every day isn't storage, it's Docker
…I can also experiment with other self-hosted services, including dashboards like Glance and Homarr. These don't take many resources, so I can run them on my NAS without overwhelming the…
Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
…That distinction matters because smart home setups rarely stay small forever. You start with a few lights, then add sensors, dashboards, network monitoring, DNS services, backup jobs, and small utilities that make…
I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…Every wireless access point, every managed switch, every NAS, every IP camera that gets added to your network has it's own dashboard for configuration and maintenance, leading to a sprawling mess…
TrueNAS SCALE tried to do everything, so I gave it one job and moved the rest to Proxmox
…Related I ran my NAS in Proxmox and set up an SMB share so my LXCs can access it While it may sound weird, this setup works well when you have a…
My smart home was a mess until I gave it a brain
…appear in one unified dashboard. I can quickly check device status, control them instantly, and organize everything by rooms to keep things simple. I intentionally kept the setup minimal. Instead of adding…
Cloudflare Mesh gave me everything Tailscale did, minus another company in my network
…The setup was simple enough, but things didn’t work for me right away. When I connected my MacBook to mobile data and tried accessing the Portainer dashboard via local IP, it…