Transform your monitor into a smart TV for just $15
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Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
…system requirements, and you'll have no trouble hooking up all your smart home devices and other integrations. It all just works. There's no worrying about keeping an underlying OS updated…
n8n, Dify, and Ollama might be the best self-hosted AI automation stack right now
…It’s built for integrations, with a large set of connectors and solid control over triggers, retries, and branching. It also scales well with queue mode using Redis and multiple workers, so…
5 open-source developer tools that are better than their well-funded competitors
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4 underrated Android Auto Gemini voice commands I can’t drive without
…He has covered evergreen content on mobile devices and computers for multiple publications over the last six years. You can find his work on AndroidPolice, GuidingTech and TechWiser. Whether it’s demystifying…
I turned my dusty Chromecast into a $250 smart home hub replacement
…It offers a massive ecosystem of integrations and a polished dashboard interface. Many tinkerers have successfully sideloaded it onto Chromecast-based devices. Not quite — the answer is Home Assistant OS. While Ubuntu…
I've stopped recommending Plex to newcomers, because Jellyfin is ready for families now
…07 / 8 Features What feature did Jellyfin introduce to allow users to manage and track their media progress across multiple devices? A Cross-device bookmarking via external cloud sync B Resume playback…
Obsidian proves that note-taking doesn't need AI to be powerful
…It’s fundamentally non-AI at its core, and any AI you do get in the app is through plugins and integrations you have to set up manually. It’s always been…
Stop wasting your old tablet on Netflix and use it as a smart home command center instead
…That’s why it’s best to turn those tablets into a control panel, like a smart home hub, Home Assistant dashboard , or a controller for smart devices. It’ll leverage the…
I stopped using motherboard audio after one cheap USB DAC solved every problem I had
…Integrated motherboard audio has to coexist with many electrically noisy components inside a PC, especially powerful GPUs and high-speed storage devices. Once I started routing my headset audio through the PLAY…