…That means it’s feasible for folks who are comfortable working with a terminal, especially with troubleshooting the errors. For the MimiClaw setup, I installed the ESP-IDF v5.5 framework on…
…Once I stopped trying to make my setup look ideal on paper, I started making decisions based on what actually held up day after day. That shift changed the lab more than…
…Some of them have fairly complex setups. For example, Immich, Jellyfin, and Nextcloud were hosted on my server, but their media lived on my NAS. I always had to make sure the…
…In fact, it has been a long time since I built my current OPNsense setup, and it has yet to disappoint even once. Heck, even if you leave the extra security benefits…
…It's not a pretty sight when you boot into a mainstream operating system, especially after braving through countless OOBE setup menus, which delay the process. The OS takes up nearly 30GB…
…A smart plug is no longer a declaration that I’m building my whole setup around one company. A temperature sensor doesn’t need to come from the same brand as my…
…Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows…
…Sign in to your XDA account I had built a solid monitoring setup for my homelab. I had visibility for uptime, system metrics, and network performance, but everything was scattered around separate…
…After going through several PC builds, troubleshooting hardware, and realizing which features I genuinely use every day, I’ve become far more selective about what deserves my money. Modern motherboards are packed…
…Whether it’s aiding my troubleshooting efforts after a botched project renders my home lab offline, extracting precise text snippets from abysmally long documents, or helping me organize my bookmarks, local LLMs…