…the troubleshooting process, I learned some lessons in what to do (and not to do) for next time. Related 3 reasons I love my Proxmox cluster (even though the average home labber…
…Treat the router as a part of your smart home Restarting the app, smart device, or the integration — usually the first troubleshooting step, albeit a wrong one. The error logs are rarely…
…Cloud AI platforms are more than enough for the average user External providers surpass local models in sheer reasoning capabilities I’m a home labber through and through, so deploying AI models…
…Naming these devices on the smart home platforms themselves is another good practice: Home Assistant, Google Home, and Apple Home all support rooms, groups, and custom device names. Using them and staying…
…But an MCP server has its own utility in my Home Assistant hub, as it bridges my smart home setup with practically any client app that can use LLM-based prompts – including…
…Sign in to your XDA account HDMI eARC was supposed to be the part of modern home theater that finally made things less annoying. One cable from the TV to the soundbar…
…stop buying smart home gadgets and start building them. Related I replaced Google Home with Home Assistant and a local LLM, and I'm not looking back I've almost retired Google…
…It was the gradual realization that "probably fine" isn't the same thing as being intentional, especially in a home lab where services have a habit of multiplying. One container turns into…
…The steps to build my own smart home took several weeks of reading documentation, scouring community forums, ordering components, and soldering them to the ESP32. In the end, troubleshooting the code and…
…Sign in to your XDA account Remote access to your home lab is an issue that every homelabber encounters early on in their journey. Resolving it often involves compromises or lengthy setup…