…A clean Pi-hole setup solved the ad and tracker problem, but once I started digging into how DNS actually worked, I noticed the setup was missing something. Pi-hole was blocking…
…Moving from a stack of microSD cards and USB drives to an internal NVMe drive made the whole setup feel more serious and much less fragile. Backups were faster, updates were less…
…Related Your Proxmox 8 server stops getting security updates in August, and upgrading to PVE 9 isn't straightforward Whatever you do, remember to back up your virtual guests Here’s the…
…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes See at Apple App Store See at Google Play Store See at Home Assistant Updating my setup to match Pi…
…While I like knowing what’s out there, staying on top of new apps or updates and how they work, it’s not very practical to scatter my notes across all of…
…That’s what replaced DuckDNS and freed me from any tracking and updating chores. Note that Tailscale’s free tier covers everything for a typical home setup. Tailscale add-on for Home…
…Trying to use WSL in a home lab setup The wall you hit every time WSL is supposed to be a command center. As a homelabber, I want to SSH into Linux…
…A smart plug is no longer a declaration that I’m building my whole setup around one company. A temperature sensor doesn’t need to come from the same brand as my…
…But over the years, my workflow has shifted toward a more "sovereign" setup. For me, a fresh Windows installation isn't complete until I’ve deployed a specific stack of self-hosted…
…It works with PulseAudio, ALSA, and PipeWire, so it fits into most Linux setups without much effort. You can tweak colors, bar spacing, sensitivity, and smoothing to match your setup. Once it…