…Do you need a managed switch ? Probably not, but if you become serious about networking and want to expand the home lab and smart home with new nodes and multiple points, managed…
…Existing backups will remain usable, even if you make the jump up to Home Assistant 2026.4. I know for sure that many smart home and home lab users love security and…
…Making the LAN smarter Depending on how you have your smart home configured to operate, Home Assistant and other platforms must have access to all your smart home sensors and devices. The…
…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…
…Coral TPU for home security, I probably would have assumed it was one of those over-engineered setups people build just for fun. But once I started wanting smart detection, cleaner alerts…
…It's not just for advanced users running home servers; it can tangibly benefit almost anyone using high-bandwidth devices and smart home devices on the same network. Home automation devices often…
…Then I got the smart home bug, and started piling in smart locks, smart lights, anything I could find with "smart" in the description, really. And that was dumb because I ended…
…He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him inside a chassis somewhere. Sign in to your XDA account Building out the home lab…
…Smart bulbs, smart speakers, robot vacuums, smart TVs, and the long tail of IoT hardware are notorious for shipping with weak security, phoning home aggressively, and receiving patches inconsistently if at all…
…What it actually does Light automation and a smart home that finally feels smart I started with the obvious setup: installing Docker to isolate services, then setting up Home Assistant for automation…