…He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him inside a chassis somewhere. Sign in to your XDA account Building out the home lab…
…Smart bulbs, smart speakers, robot vacuums, smart TVs, and the long tail of IoT hardware are notorious for shipping with weak security, phoning home aggressively, and receiving patches inconsistently if at all…
…What it actually does Light automation and a smart home that finally feels smart I started with the obvious setup: installing Docker to isolate services, then setting up Home Assistant for automation…
…use it to build some truly ingenious automation workflows with your IoT devices. Related How I use Node-RED and Home Assistant together for the ultimate smart home With the right setup…
…Home Assistant needs this idea to become boring Claude Code for Home Assistant is exciting because it points toward a better way to maintain smart homes. The best smart home systems are…
…of clutter that builds up in Home Assistant over time. My TP-Link smart plugs were registered through the native TP-Link integration and also had duplicate HomeKit Controller entries. The plugs…
…Related How I used VLANs to separate my smart home devices — and why you should too Why I now always use VLANs to separate smart home devices. A flat network is a…
…Tenda SG105 LAN Switch $9 at Amazon Smart plug Hands-down the best addition to my home lab Compared to everything I’ve mentioned so far, a smart plug may not seem…
…I bought into the same mindset when I started building my homelab. I had everything I needed, such as a dual-wan gateway , switch, and router. I too then segmented my home…
…Most smart home hardware looks like smart home hardware. We're talking plastic bezels, status LEDs, glossy screens; the typical visual language of consumer electronics. The reTerminal E1003 I'm using here…