The services you ignore are quietly breaking your home lab
…A small dashboard, a basic file browser, a lightweight internal wiki, or a simple media utility may not need much more than occasional updates and a glance at storage use. Turning every…
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My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
…My phones also double as decent Home Assistant dashboards I use the Bubble Card integration to design mobile-sized UIs While we’re on the subject of dashboards, any smartphone with a…
I paired a Raspberry Pi with an ESP32, and it unlocked projects I never thought of before
…If a reading stops updating, the problem might be the ESP32 firmware, the Wi-Fi connection, the MQTT topic, the Pi service, the sensor wiring, or the way the dashboard is parsing…
I built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet
…Sign in to your XDA account I recently built a 10-inch e-paper dashboard for my 3D printer using Seeed Studio's new reTerminal E1003 , and I was surprised at how…
My home lab dashboards were a mess until I let ChatGPT tie them together
…Sign in to your XDA account My home lab has never suffered from a lack of dashboards. I have separate pages for Proxmox, Pi-hole, Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Uptime Kuma, and whatever…
This open-source app finally showed me how much I was actually spending on subscriptions
…From there, it auto updates the dashboard. I like that it isn't replacing a full-fledged budgeting tool. It just tracks your recurring payments. The main dashboard gives you a quick…
I turned an old iPhone into a Home Assistant wall panel, and it beats every dedicated controller I've tried
…Dedicated dashboards and panels can be quite expensive and rather limited. Software may not be updated as frequently, and you may even be locked into an ecosystem, which is what Home Assistant…
The best new Home Assistant feature in 2026 isn't AI, it's a 433MHz transmitter
…Home Assistant lets you bridge 20 years of old-school consumer hardware into modern local dashboards for less than the cost of a coffee. Related 4 reasons you should build your own…
Most network problems aren't your internet—they're your router's dirty secret
…Consumer routers don't have advanced DNS options like split-horizon, and they are often slow to receive firmware updates containing vital security fixes. My Unifi dashboard is currently showing ISP packet…
I tried Arcane for Docker management, and here's why Dockhand remains my pick
…Dockhand has a slightly minimalistic dashboard view, which skips labels and only uses icons to signify container status and updates. It also lists containers by CPU usage, so the dashboard is not…