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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Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
4d agoI connected my dumb appliances to Home Assistant, and it felt like upgrading my whole house
1w agoI used an old router as a dedicated smart home network, and it solved two problems at once
1w agoHome Assistant can now see when you use the physical remote, and it changes everything
1w agoAndroid Auto is better when you disable most of your smartphone features
…03 / 8 Compatibility Which of the following smartphone operating systems is compatible with Android Auto? A Android 5.0 and above B Android 6.0 and above C Android 8.0 and…
Your Raspberry Pi will outlast your PC if you stop treating it like one
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Somewhere out there, Raspberry Pi boards have been running nonstop for…
4 ways I stopped fighting Android Auto and started customizing it instead
…03 / 8 Compatibility Which of the following smartphone operating systems is compatible with Android Auto? A Android 5.0 and above B Android 6.0 and above C Android 8.0 and…
Wi-Fi 7 will not fix what's actually wrong with your home network
…Wi-Fi 7 has been around for a while, but most home networks are still not prepared for it . The majority of home networks can still manage just fine with Wi-Fi…
A used Lenovo M720q destroys the Raspberry Pi 5 in every way that matters
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Building a home lab to handle all your services and experiments…
I built a local LLM server I can access from anywhere, and it uses a Raspberry Pi
…text from documents, helping me troubleshoot random errors in my server experiments, or controlling my smart home with voice commands. But I wanted to see how far I could take my LLM…
I’ve used Plex for years and didn’t realize these 4 features existed
…allowing compatible devices to discover and stream content without requiring a dedicated Plex app. I have found this feature especially useful for devices without native Plex support, such as older smart TVs…
I hacked my PS vita into a retro gaming console and Sony has no idea what it gave up
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Retro-gaming is always on trend. So I took out a…
Cheap KVM switches do something expensive ones can't, and now I get why everyone uses them
…Related A laptop docking station is the best upgrade I made to my home office Now I can switch between devices with a single cable. Why is a KVM still relevant? Monitors…