ESPHome Smart LED Candles
I recently picked up a set of four realistic LED wax candles – they flicker nicely and really...
Home Assistant as a Z-Wave Gateway
Managing a home Z-Wave network can become challenging when devices or gateways are unreliable. In this setup, 12...
Nextcloud Calendar and Contacts
Nextcloud is much more than a file storage solution – it’s a complete self-hosted collaboration platform. Many users...
Self-Hosting Radicale CalDAV
Digital sovereignty is increasingly important for families and small teams not ony for companies. Hosting your own calendar...
Mitsubishi Heavy WF‑RAC in Home Assistant
Before buying a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) split AC, I explored the WF‑RAC (Smart M‑Air) Wi-Fi module to...
LilyGO T-Display S3 Energy Dashboard
Monitoring your home energy system can be both fascinating and practical. With the LilyGO T-Display S3, an ESP32-S3...
Mirror GitHub Repos to Gitea
For a long time, I’ve been thinking about how to keep my GitHub repositories regularly backed up. Losing...
Create Proxmox snapshots via Ansible
When working with Proxmox LXC or VM containers, it’s prudent to take a snapshot before applying updates. Snapshots...
Automating DNF Updates with Ansible
Keeping Linux systems up to date is critical for security and stability. In enterprise environments or home labs,...