I stopped throwing out old hardware after discovering Proxmox
…My Ryzen 5 1600 PC, for example, works well in a 2-node (+ Raspberry Pi as a QDevice ) cluster alongside my i3-N305 system, and I can swap virtual guests between the…
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I'd rather build a Raspberry Pi security camera than ever pay for Ring again
1d agoSomeone built a four-node Raspberry Pi cluster you can pick up with one hand
2d agoI moved my self-hosted apps from a Raspberry Pi to an N100 mini PC, and I should have done it sooner
1w agoThe Raspberry Pi 6 delay until 2028 solves a problem nobody's talking about
1w agoI built a local voice assistant that doesn't need the internet, and it actually understands me
…Of course, the hardware matters here too, as a Raspberry Pi 4 takes six to eight seconds to parse a sentence, but an affordable Intel N100 mini PC completes it in under…
Forget Synology and DSM, this free NAS distro can revive old PCs as NAS servers
…It’s not even limited to the x86 architecture, so it even works on Raspberry Pi boards. Since it’s essentially a couple of tools built on top of Debian, it’s…
I used a LattePanda Sigma with 32GB of RAM as my ‘too much power’ home lab box, and immediately found work for it
…Pi-hole, Uptime Kuma, small dashboards, lightweight Docker containers, and basic automation scripts can run on far cheaper hardware. A used mini PC, or even a Raspberry Pi, can handle many of…
I tried Hue Bridge Emulator for my smart bulbs and lights — turns out, I didn’t need it
…The polished interface consumes a lot of system resources, a concern when using Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi. I already have Zigbee2MQTT and Mosquitto set up for my Zigbee-centric smart…
Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
…Creating this setup a few months ago would’ve required dedicated microphones, speakers, and ESP32/Raspberry Pi systems, though my current iteration of the HASS voice assistant simply needs an LLM provider…
I bought a KVM-over-IP for my home lab, and I can't believe I waited this long
…While you can do this with a Raspberry Pi , I wanted something that would work even if my network went down. Yes, that's a disturbingly common occurrence in my home lab…
The best smart home upgrade I ever made cost $5 and required zero apps
…Raspberry Pi Don't let it collect dust in a drawer. What is the tech behind the change? NFC stickers are cheap and simple to set up So what is the hardware…
Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
…Moving from a Raspberry Pi to a mini PC or NUC can feel like a colossal upgrade, depending on the specification disparity, and using HAOS can feel like you've mastered the…
I replaced five smart home hubs with a $30 Zigbee dongle and never looked back
…Another benefit to using this dongle is that, because the adapter is plugged into your server (whether that's your PC, Raspberry Pi, or your NAS), and that server is likely on…