…The Maintenance dashboard neatly aggregates my battery-powered devices That way, I can monitor them at a glance The Maintenance dashboard is a lot like the Lights and Security tabs added back…
…Life before Home Assistant I never liked smart home tech before Home Assistant I was wrapped up in a few ecosystems for our smart home solutions, but I write that lightly . We…
…I ended up using an Amazon Echo (1st Gen) to factory reset those lights so that Zigbee2MQTT would acknowledge them. That felt like a short-lived victory. The Zigbee coordinator was physically…
…It’s a more casual use of AI, but one that proved pleasantly helpful for my smart light setup, and doesn’t cost anything extra to use. Best DIY Home Security Systems…
…A side effect of COVID was a rapid development of DIY filtration, and in particular the rise of what was known as the Corsi-Rosenthal Box. It was developed during the pandemic…
…Whether you have an entire ecosystem of proprietary smart lighting or a few DIY sensors made with nothing but cheap parts and an ESP32 single-board computer (SBC), Home Assistant can bring…
…So, I switched to my GTX 1080 and began running lightweight models instead. Gemma 4 E4B (Q4_K_M) is the one that delivered the best results among all the low-parameter…
…I either have to control everything for them or hand over my unlocked phone just so they can turn off the bedroom light. Who’d have thought that a hyper-personal smart…
…For example, I can simply add the LED lights under a section, with a pop-up featuring the controls for each lamp. It has horizontal button stacks when I need to include…
…Frigate is my preferred Network Video Recorder for my FOSS home security system, and with its lightweight nature, terrific support for AI accelerators, and top-notch object detection capabilities, it’s a…