I replaced Portainer, Grafana, and Prometheus with this stack
…It can trigger alerts on the dashboard whenever a certain hardware use exceeds the programmed limit. Even if you don’t want to use the alerts, the tool is sufficient for occasional…
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ESPHome's Device Builder finally lets you compile multiple devices at once, and it changes everything
…of config YAML files on the dashboard. Then, it’s difficult to search for information like which GPIO a particular sensor node uses, a custom component, or even an MQTT topic. When…
I gave my home lab self-healing powers using Prometheus, Grafana, and one free monitoring stack
Rich Edmonds Jun 10, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
The best new Home Assistant feature in 2026 isn't AI, it's a 433MHz transmitter
…In the past, bridging radio-frequency hardware was a major YAML nightmare. It used to mean buying sketchy radio-frequency bridges, sniffing raw hexadecimal RF data using custom hardware, and writing complex…
Most network problems aren't your internet—they're your router's dirty secret
…This is the TP-Link BE800, which we've reviewed , and while the hardware was good, I can't get over that dashboard UI. Even custom firmware like DD-WRT, OpenWrt, or…
My discontinued Kindle became the best smart home display I own, and it cost me nothing to set up
…old Kindle into a Home Assistant dashboard, you'll need to jailbreak it first . Without this step, you won't be able to add custom software to the device, or any number…
I built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet
…Most smart home hardware looks like smart home hardware. We're talking plastic bezels, status LEDs, glossy screens; the typical visual language of consumer electronics. The reTerminal E1003 I'm using here…
My homelab needed a lightweight dashboard, so I had Claude and a local LLM race to build it
…Homarr has a clean and modern UI, but it has an opinionated layout and limited API-level customizations. The same goes for Homepage, a modern and widget-based dashboard, but one that…
I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel
Ayush Pande Jun 13, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I stopped using OneDrive after installing this container
…A range of customization options Design a personalized dashboard While both OneDrive and Nextcloud offer a home menu, the latter does a better job here. OneDrive only showcases your Word, Excel, PowerPoint…