5 self-hosted tools I prefer to install on every new PC
…Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Home Assistant is the best way to connect your smart home systems together. See at Apple App Store See at…
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Your smart home doesn't need Matter — a local Zigbee network is faster and lasts longer
1d agoHome Assistant's May update finally makes Alexa devices worth integrating, but there's a catch
6d agoI revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel
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1w agoI almost bought an ARM-based mini PC, but here's why I backed out
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account For the past few months, a couple of ARM-based mini…
Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
…The Raspberry Pi 5 starts to make more sense when the home automation hub becomes part of a wider home lab rather than a single-purpose appliance. That distinction matters because smart…
I turned my old phone into a security camera that saves to my home server for free
…The solution is probably sitting in a junk drawer in your home already: your old Android phone, which has a high-quality sensor, a built-in battery, and a Wi-Fi chip…
I replaced GitHub Copilot with a self-hosted AI and I won’t go back
…Related I don't need Claude, this is the local LLM I run on my NAS that powers my smart home Qwen is what you need for your smart home Using a…
Remote 3D printing stopped feeling reckless when I added Home Assistant to the mix
…Automations, smart plugs, and alerts can fail just like anything else in a smart home setup. You still need a stable printer, sensible placement, and a willingness to limit remote jobs to…
Intel Quick Sync is the reason I will never buy another Nvidia card for my Jellyfin server
…Jellyfin iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes Desktop compatible Yes See at Jellyfin
This free tool is the Jellyfin for comics — and it turned my chaotic collection into a proper library
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account Jellyfin for video , Navidrome for music , and Calibre-Web for ebooks…
I don't need Claude, this is the local LLM I run on my NAS that powers my smart home
…2.5 works for your smart home. The model supports tool calling through vLLM, Ollama, and Hugging Face Transformers, and it even provides an OpenAI-compatible server pattern for local deployment. You…
You're wrecking your Wi-Fi speeds by ignoring the one setting nobody talks about
…smartphones required high-bandwidth connections. The average home user never ceases to worry about their Wi-Fi performance, blaming everything from their ISP and router model to mesh performance and device compatibility…