Someone made a pair of wireless Walkie-Talkies using ESP32s, and so can you
…These ESP32 walkie-talkies use Wi-Fi to talk to one another And you can make your own As spotted by Hackster.io , these walkie-talkies were the idea of the aptly…
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Nintendo built the 3DS to be unhackable, but a $5 puzzle game and a QR code proved them wrong
…I followed the 3DS hacking scene intensely back then, and looking back, the journey from firmware 4.5 to boot9strap is one of the most entertaining arcs in console hacking history. It…
I built a local AI stack with 5 Docker containers, and now I'll never pay for ChatGPT again
…n8n The automation layer n8n is an open-source workflow automation tool that I run locally with Docker. I treat it as a self-hosted alternative to Zapier, but with much more…
XPEnology gave me Synology's operating system on my own hardware, and now I can't justify the official price
…Think of it as a Hackintosh tool, except it runs a Synology-flavored distro instead of Apple’s premium OS. As someone who has built multiple Hackintosh systems over the years (with…
This ESP32 Macintosh Plus emulator can pull weather from Home Assistant
…Home Assistant automation publishes weather data to MQTT every hour ESP32 subscribes to MQTT topics and stores received data Weather App polls ESP32 via IPC every 30s and renders the data If…
Synology's apps are why people stay, not the hardware, and that's finally changing
…Inside its neat desktop-like web UI, you’ll find simple configuration tools for spinning up new storage pools, tweaking network settings, and creating automated backups. DSM’s mobile apps are just…
I replaced Dropbox with Syncthing, and file sync finally stopped feeling like I was borrowing someone else’s computer
…Back in the day, I had to rely on Cryptomator to protect soon-to-be-disclosed source code and confidential project files from Dropbox’s own automated scans and hackers. But since…
I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
…integrations, and even HACS offerings, and Qwen 3.5 was able to deliver precise answers every time. Plus, I was able to trigger a bunch of HASS automations, modify scripts, and update…
Native PC ports are quietly replacing emulation as the best way to preserve old games
…Instead of humans translating every function by hand, users like Mr-Wiseguy have created tools like N64Recomp that automate the process. The tool reads the original ROM and translates it ahead of…
Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
…However, I often work on automations, blueprints, and other complex tasks that can be a bit of a pain to configure with voice commands alone. That’s where MCP servers come in…