I ditched Chromecast for an open-source casting tool, and my home network finally felt mine again
… Chromecast relies on mDNS multicast DNS and SSDP Simple Service Discovery Protocol for device discovery. …
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I built a retro gaming library on my NAS, and RomM makes it feel like Plex for games
… It's a simple use case, but it solves the same discovery problem that Plex does. …
I use both Google Maps and Waze every day, and here's why I can't pick just one
… Waze has improved over the years, but it still feels like a navigation app first and a place discovery app second. …
I ditched Google Maps for an open source alternative that actually delivers
… Google Maps is still the king of discovery and real-time information. …
Claude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
…The important discoveries were mostly about stale configuration, duplicate integrations, weak defaults, missing safety nets, and security settings that needed a second look. That is not glamorous, but it is exactly the…
I ignored IPv6 for years, and now my home network is paying the price
… IPv6 uses ICMP packets for core network functions, such as neighbor discovery bye-bye ARP and router advertisements. …
Home Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
… From the first boot, the device discovery immediately picked up the smart TV, Apple 4K TV, smart bulbs, and other devices. …
3 Google TV settings I changed after the Gemini update that made my TV actually useful
… There seems to be a mismatch between Gemini’s cloud-based model and Google TV’s local content discovery system. …
Switching to Ethernet everywhere made my home network feel finished in a way wireless still rarely does
… Smart home devices are another huge source of slowdowns, as they rely on broadcast/multicast traffic for discovery. …
Why I ditched Cloudflare Tunnels for Tailscale and Caddy on my homelab
… Traefik would make sense if I were running Docker Swarm with dynamic service discovery while running dozens of containers. …