…With Claude, you get faster iterations, lower cognitive load, and less setup friction, whereas local LLMs give you more control and privacy at the cost of more configuration and deliberate setup. If…
…Why an old Android phone works surprisingly well A simpler setup with less bulk and fewer compromises To start with, the setup made way more sense than I expected. Even the most…
…straightforward the setup looks. And some services seem made for cloud environments. For example, media streaming via Jellyfin on a VPS is tedious. A VPS without access to an integrated or dedicated…
…Using an ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display , ESPHome, and the Bambu Lab HACS integration for Home Assistant, I put together a dedicated printer monitor that sits right on my desk. It costs between…
…A lot of older games can now be played perfectly fine on low-power hardware with next to no downsides compared to the original experience, and having integrated controllers makes the experience…
…Data storage and sync are handled through WebDAV or Dropbox rather than a proprietary backend, which fits cleanly into a self-hosted setup. What actually makes it worth using is how much…
…I wanted an all-in-one solution to run a clean, open-source setup, backups and more. Now, you might say that a PC would be a better fit for that. However…
…For that, it needs a manufacturer or community support to write the integrations. At the time of writing, only official LG integration supports the brand's infrared devices. Integrations from Samsung, Sony…
…Now that I’ve been using LLMs to control my NAS rigs for a week, this setup is a lot safer and easier than you’d think – provided you maintain some ground…
…Related My local LLM can call Claude when it's stuck, and it changed everything about my local-first setup Local LLMs aren't very good on their own The keyword here…
