My smart home was a mess until I gave it a brain
…Related I monitor my PC with Home Assistant, and it's a bigger deal than I realized From task manager to a fully automated digital nervous system. A smarter home should give…
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Your home network doesn't need Pi-hole — an $8 ESP32 blocks ads just as well for a fraction of the cost
…The web interface lets you add only a single blocklist URL and update at a defined time. Beyond that, the web interface lets you monitor blocked and allowed requests, add a custom…
Homarr is packed with features, but Glance is what I actually use on my home servers
…than having to deal with text-based configuration and code. It's an absolute dream for beginners because I can even display server stats by deploying a hardware monitoring tool like Glances…
This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
…If you have a monitor with USB-C power delivery and a KVM, managing your Steam Deck files involves nothing more than plugging in a cable and changing your monitor input. If…
Your GPU, RAM, and SSD all have firmware you've never updated, and it can actually matter
…Nvidia released a firmware update tool for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs to fix blank screens on boot when connected to DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 monitors. More recently, the RTX 5060…
Xbox's full-screen handheld dashboard is just a Windows mask, and SteamOS proves why that matters
…Another issue is the Suspended State Disaster. The absolute baseline feature of a handheld is the instant sleep and wake, which Valve offers you with its Steam Deck. On SteamOS, tapping the…
I ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…UniFi has got me hooked on simplicity, and that's a hard feature to go away from. Being able to see network diagrams and issues easily makes my life better, and gives…
I switched from Proxmox to its FreeBSD counterpart on my home server – here's how it went
…It’s not a dealbreaker by any means, and Sylve’s documentation highlights the necessary settings, so I had no issues creating fully-functional bridges for my virtual guests. And the same…
3 PC building mistakes I didn't realize I was making
…Even the best CPU coolers and thermal paste won't make up for poor contact When I had the Ryzen 9 5900X, I dealt with high CPU temperatures so often that I…
Every month Windows gets an emergency patch, and I'm running out of reasons to stay
…Microsoft issues emergency patches to fix such update issues, and this has become a pattern. Windows 11 isn’t some newly launched OS, and the fact that it breaks so much really…