…Home Assistant is the latest member of my MCP-powered arsenal, and although it took me a while to find the right combo of LLMs, clients, and MCP proxy services, it meshes…
…And a home server that's not accessible isn't much of a home server. Think media servers, backups, and remote access are all going down. And the worst of it tends…
…However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics…
…But turning it into something that now controls my smart home completely changed how I see old hardware. Some devices don’t need to be powerful — they just need a dedicated purpose…
…power-efficient hardware I had to hand, it was clear that the "budget" NAS I cobbled together with existing PC parts was among the largest power hogs in the entire home. Just…
…My home lab has grown in a similar fashion, from an Atom-powered NAS that really couldn't run services well, to a Xeon-powered one that I'm transitioning from, and…
…I want my home lab to be responsive ... to a point. Proxmox powers my home lab, so I've got Proxmox High Availability (HA) at the ready. This handy tool can restart…
…creating automated backups. DSM’s mobile apps are just as robust, and you get a diverse collection of pre-installed tools to accommodate all your needs as a fledgling home labber. But…
…Battery backup for your mini PC, KVM device, and router Smart plug: To remotely power cycle the mini PC, but you could also use a Fingerbot or some other way of shorting…
…rig running out of resources makes it a better home server node than my Raspberry Pi. It’s a solid low-power QDevice for cheap high-availability clusters There’s no denying…