Your backup strategy is probably broken, and a $250 second machine can fix it
…But gaining sovereignty over all your data is a double-edged sword, and a single NAS setup just isn’t enough to safeguard the essential files on your system. Even on a…
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I ditched Claude Projects for a self-hosted setup that costs nothing and does more
2d agoClaude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
3d agoI ran local LLMs on my phone for a month, and now my desktop setup feels like overkill
6d agoI stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
1w agoLocal LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
…Related My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup And it's all thanks to the cool sensors included in modern smartphones MCP servers add more nuanced controls…
Vivaldi does three things Chrome refuses to do, and I'm never going back
…A built-in mail client All email accounts in one place A mail client inside a browser is a rare occurrence, and the fact that Vivaldi decided to add it and keep…
Everyone talks about Cat5e, Cat6, and even Cat7, but what about Cat8?
…What is Cat8, and who is it for Not meant for most home setups The Cat8 is based on the real IEEE standards and targeted at data center environments. In such premises…
My Proxmox backups stopped being a storage nightmare with this workaround
…The overall setup process was fairly straightforward. First, I created a new dataset on my spare storage pool, and I planned to use it to house both PBS and its snapshot datastore…
I spent $10 to turn my PC into a wireless console, and it's the best couch gaming upgrade possible
…A quick setup later, I installed Moonlight on my Android TV, and once everything was set, I played and finished Resident Evil Requiem and Romeo is a Dead Man , both on the…
This hidden Proxmox setting may sound cursed, but it’s really useful for coding and DIY projects
…setup of virtual machines just adds an extra point of failure, namely the parent VM. Combine that with the fact that running VMs is already pretty taxing on your host rig, and…
I tried Winpodx, WinBoat, and WinApps for running Windows software on Linux, and one is clearly ahead
…Related WSL convinced me Linux works on Windows, so I flipped it and run Windows on Linux instead I have a new favorite WinBoat's setup UI makes this all much easier…
These 4 tools paired with Ollama gave me a private AI workflow that actually matters
…Instead of relying on cloud-based coding assistants, I paired VS Code with Ollama using an extension that supports local models. The setup was simple, and once connected, I could use AI…
I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel
…On a barebones setup, saying the hot word simply pulls up the Assist tool, and I’d have to type everything manually. But since I wanted a full-on voice assistant, I…