7 Docker containers I wish I knew about earlier
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Home Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
…I installed Zigbee2MQTT integration, followed by a Mosquitto server , and HACS to access more community-developed integrations. ESPHome integration lets me build and flash custom firmware on ESP32-based sensors directly in…
I built a Home Assistant automation that saves power daily, and nobody in my family even knows it exists
…The choice of Python lowered the barrier to entry for contributors and allowed the platform to integrate with a huge ecosystem of existing Python libraries for IoT and home automation. 04 / 8…
You need these 6 self-hosted tools if you value your privacy
…And if you work with press releases, academic documents, confidential benchmark sheets, and other non-disclosure PDFs as I do, you’ll have to remove cloud platforms from the equation altogether. Fortunately…
Alexa+ just made impulse spending dangerously easy, and Amazon knows it
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Amazon has officially integrated conversational food…
The best new Home Assistant feature in 2026 isn't AI, it's a 433MHz transmitter
…better off just binning them and upgrading. However, Home Assistant's new native radio frequency platform architecture, built cleanly on top of the recent infrared integration, means you can now use a…
I tried Python in Excel with no coding experience and here's what I learned
…In her spare time she plays video games and geeks out about the latest tech. Sign in to your XDA account Python's integration in Excel can unlock powerful reports and automation…
I stopped choosing between VS Code, Google Antigravity, and Cursor and built a hybrid workflow that uses the best of them
…I can focus on high-level logic and fast creation, and let the platform handle backend details behind the scenes. If I’m spinning up a brand new project from scratch just…
NotebookLM's Cinematic Video Overviews are impressive, but completely unnecessary
…And that, itself, is underwhelming, to say the very least, for a research platform as respectable as NotebookLM. Related NotebookLM's new Cinematic videos do what YouTube never could for studying There…
I run Snapcast on a Raspberry Pi, and it's a Sonos replacement that cost me nothing
…no subscriptions or accounts. Your music plays in every room, exactly how you set it up. This setup is mostly for local music files. To integrate streaming services, Home Assistant, and more…