I manage my ESP32 boards with this free self-hosted tool
…ESP32 gizmos, in particular, are useful for smart home nuts like yours truly, as they can be used for everything from Bluetooth proxies and e-ink dashboards to reliable network scanners and…
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Your old phone is still better than half the smart displays people keep buying
…On an Android phone, you choose the UI. You can use full kiosk browsers or a Home Assistant dashboard to create a 100% bespoke control panel, whatever you want to look at…
This self-hosted Office 365 alternative is fine, but here's how I turned it into my private cloud setup
…By letting me pair my private cloud with my self-hosted image server, I seamlessly access my photo library from Nextcloud’s web UI, even when both tools run on entirely separate…
Home Assistant slows down over time, but there's a nuclear option most people don't realize
…You will find instant gratification in doing this, as the UI performance will be blistering. The dashboard resolves instantly on your phone. Graphs snap open without a hint of spinner delay because…
This $35 ESP32 touchscreen makes Meshtastic feel less like a commitment, and you still get a great display if it doesn't stick
…Strip the LoRa module off this thing and you'd have exactly the kind of ESP32 development display I've been building home lab dashboards on for the last year. The SX1262…
I finally started using Duplicati and I should have sooner
…Related How to follow the 3-2-1 backup rule for NAS and protect your data Keep it secret, keep it safe Cross-platform solution A seamless web UI One of the…
I used Windhawk, PowerToys, and Rainmeter together, and Windows feels like mine again
…SysDash is a popular choice among those who want a live dashboard showing CPU load, RAM usage, and storage utilization at a glance. For those who wish to ditch the Windows feel…
6 Docker containers I always use on any new home lab workstation
…designed to help me organize the rest of my container suite Portainer Visual container management dashboard When I’m spinning up a new workstation, the very first container that goes live is…
I spent a month with Cursor, Google Antigravity, and Windsurf – and there is a clear winner
…The biggest differentiator for me is the UI-level integration. While Google Antigravity forces me into a "Manager" view, Cursor stays out of the way. For example, when I was refactoring a…
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
…A juxtaposition of a simple, lightweight UI that’s built on top of something as complex as FreeBSD. Now that I’ve used it for a couple of days, I have to…