…What it actually does Light automation and a smart home that finally feels smart I started with the obvious setup: installing Docker to isolate services, then setting up Home Assistant for automation…
…Home Assistant Turning my PC into the ultimate smart home hub Home Assistant is one of the first tools I set up on every new PC because it quietly connects everything I…
…But as someone who manages everything from 3-2-1 backup nodes to Home Assistant instances in my family home, I consider my remote access tools just as important as my dashboards…
…Running Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, mini PC, NAS, or virtual machine is not difficult once you’re comfortable with that world. However, it’s still another device or service to…
…I ditched a smart home hub and got a used, spec-bumped mini PC for $150. Then I installed Proxmox on it and ran Home Assistant as my smart home platform. I…
…Most importantly, I moved Home Assistant from the Pi to the mini PC. Then, Jellyfin, NextCloud, Immich, Pi-hole, and others. Running Docker for experiments became easy since I no longer needed…
…this mini PC perfect for home lab use. You get two 2.5 GbE ports, meaning you can use it as a router, a firewall, or as a Home Assistant controller with…
…Should you start your home lab with an SBC or a mini PC? If you’re stuck in a dilemma, here are the reasons that actually separate them. Related Cheap mini PCs…
…cluster using a couple of less powerful mini PCs, then making it so only the VMs that need to stay active, like Home Assistant, are moved between nodes if one goes down…
…with the bare minimum Old hardware is still gold A decent mid-range tablet typically sports a multicore processor, more RAM, and just enough storage. Running Home Assistant’s dashboard, MagicMirror , or…