I thought I needed a mesh Wi-Fi setup, but a single router solved all my problems
…Related Wi-Fi 7 will not fix what's actually wrong with your home network A new router alone won't upgrade your network to Wi-Fi 7 A new setup became…
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Your home lab is probably messier than it needs to be, and a Raspberry Pi can fix it
…Smarter DNS for a cleaner home network Cut noise and make browsing feel better A Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole can freshen up your whole network in a way that’s immediately…
Plex’s $750 Plex Pass Lifetime price hike finally convinced me to switch to Jellyfin
…I just want software that organizes and streams content I already own. I don't care about a social media network around my movie-watching habits or channels for when I don…
I stopped jumping between monitoring dashboards with one Claude Code command
…Uptime Kuma gave the services' health; and Speedtest Tracker gave the network performance. On paper, everything was alright and organized, but in practice, troubleshooting was a nightmare. For a simple issue, I…
This free self-hosted app turned my Jellyfin server into a YouTube archive overnight
…Sign in to your XDA account Ever since I built my first Network-Attached Storage server, I’ve been using it to house all sorts of media. On the backup front, I…
I stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
…I’ve been there, staring at mini PCs, Raspberry Pi boards, NAS bays, spare SSDs, and network adapters, convinced the next box would finally make the setup feel complete . It rarely works…
Self-hosted LLMs are way more powerful than a chat interface, here’s how I utilize it fully
…Since your data never leaves your local network via API calls, you can feed the model sensitive documents, private notes, and internal codebases without a second thought. But privacy is just the…
I built a 4K Jellyfin server from an old gaming PC, and it transcodes everything I throw at it
…from other devices on the same network via the PC's local IP address. The only part that actually requires a bit of preparation is organizing your media properly. Jellyfin pulls metadata…
Curtain automation is fun, but the weird smart home projects are where things get really useful
…06 / 8 Smart Home What is the role of a Thread Border Router in a smart home network? A It encrypts all Matter device credentials B It bridges the Thread mesh network…
Stop treating Proxmox's firewall like an optional feature — it's your lab's clearest safety net
…Instead of trusting that I remembered which services should be exposed to which networks, I could define those expectations directly at the hypervisor and guest level. That meant fewer vague mental notes…