… Related My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup And it's all thanks to the cool sensors included in modern smartphones The idea that changed everything From a "useless laptop" to “what if it ran something useful?” I had been frustrated for a long time trying to stabili… …
… I’m talking about sane, controlled remote use where the printer is already in a stable setup, and Home Assistant acts as a second layer of oversight. …
… The Claude experiment Overall, letting an AI play architect for my home lab was a reality check on my own habits. My setup is now leaner, and surprisingly, more stable than it ever was when I was managing every line of YAML myself. …
… Your home lab stops being useful infrastructure when every stable service looks like something to rebuild. …
… While most people see an old router as e-waste, it's actually the secret to a stable, secure, and high-performance smart home. A smart home shouldn't fight for bandwidth with your four clay in Netflix stream by offloading your smart devices to a dedicated hardware lane. …
… Meanwhile, native Mosquitto support chained with Zigbee2MQTT gives me a stable setup. Zigbee-only setups help devices from crowding up your Wi-Fi network. For that, Zigbee2MQTT with Mosquitto broker is the cleaner, lighter, and leaner approach for a Home Assistant-first smart home. …
… This is what a happy Pi looks like A setup that just works You can run a headless version of Pi OS Lite or DietPi to turn your Pi into a smart home hub with Home Assistant, without breaking a sweat. …
… This is the version of the setup I’d use again What made this work wasn’t just that OpenClaw ran. It’s that I found a version of the setup that felt stable enough to keep using after the novelty wore off. …
… Related 9 Docker containers that run 24/7 on my $100 mini PC Maximum value budget homelab. Why I finally moved off my home server CGNAT, downtime, and the missing public IP I have a straightforward homelab setup. …
… Once I stopped treating them as rivals, my home lab setup became stable and reliable. …