…They are services that run in the background, respond when needed, and spend much of their time waiting. File sharing, DNS, backups, a password manager, a dashboard, and a few Docker containers…
…I started off with one single NAS , and today I have four. Similarly, one single mini PC might become three, and you build up a collection of network switches. Some of these…
…be syntactically valid and still be wrong for your setup. A volume path might make sense in isolation, but it points to the wrong storage location on your NAS. A port change…
…Everything was local, which meant the performance was predictable, and I didn’t have to worry about monthly cloud subscriptions. For a long time, the setup worked fine and as expected, but…
Marshall Gunnell May 7, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Marshall is a writer covering NAS, data storage, cybersecurity, AI, and general tech with over a decade of experience. His work has been…
…For example, I queried it about the entities in my custom dashboards, and this LLM was able to generate detailed (accurate) reports on my devices. HA-MCP Server lets my LLMs access…
Marshall Gunnell Apr 6, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Marshall is a writer covering NAS, data storage, cybersecurity, AI, and general tech with over a decade of experience. His work has been…
…Besides computing, his interests include spending hours in long RPGs, yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. Sign in to your XDA account I consider my dashboards , monitoring…
…The best part is that energy tracking can be checked through the energy dashboard as well as individual entity cards. It transformed the way I manage the smart home, and I only…
…It also fixed a few setup issues that I'd missed, guiding me through each step with ease. That's fantastic, especially as I hate writing automations in YAML, and I'm…