The ESP32 makes more sense than a Raspberry Pi for your smart home
…Pi’s scheduler and background processes can add 100–500ms of latency when an automation triggers. Besides, even a headless Pi OS Lite has a reboot time of about 30–60 seconds…
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SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2 - A 86-Type Smart Home control panel with two relays, dual-band WiFi, Zigbee 3.0, Matter support - CNX Software
…Matter compatibility with SONOFF and third-party WiFi and Zigbee devices and Matter platforms. SONOFF also highlights support for theme customization, the ability to visit websites, a home security mode (away or…
I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call
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…The mini PC ran the software well, allowed automation to run, and integrated into the wider smart home ecosystem I had installed. Why use anything else? Bare metal sounds like the best…
Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything
…Nah, it was creating multiple dashboards for my HASS server, UIs that not only make my smart home hub more manageable, but also make it easily accessible across different devices. Related 6…
I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
…For example, I queried it about the entities in my custom dashboards, and this LLM was able to generate detailed (accurate) reports on my devices. HA-MCP Server lets my LLMs access…
My DIY router has been my DNS, VPN, and ad-blocker for a year, and I'd never use an ISP router again
…Plus, Adguard is better for setting up custom device blocklists. That said, Unbound has its own utility in my OPNsense router. I’ve set it up as the recursive DNS server for…
This free dashboard software made my old tablet worth keeping around
…Sign in to your XDA account My smart home is covered in dashboards , whether they're displaying the smart devices inside or helping manage the home lab infrastructure that my automation software…
I quantized a local LLM on my home server and ditched cloud AI for smart home control entirely
…Sign in to your XDA account Considering all the data smart home devices can gather, relying on a cloud-only setup has disastrous privacy implications, especially with manufacturers adding AI-powered features…
HomePod: Should You Buy? Features, Reviews and More
…Temperature and humidity sensors can be used to measure the indoor environment, allowing those metrics to be used in smart home automations with HomeKit devices. The HomePod also supports Matter and serves…