Adam Conway

9 hours ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

Home Assistant is a great piece of software, and I've been in love with it for a few months now. While I started off using it about a year ago, I never used it for anything too crazy. I just used it for basic integrations with things I already had in my home, but that was it. Over the last few months, though, I've been really getting into it, to the point that I've gone out and bought Zigbee devices, reverse engineered some smart lights, and done so much more.

1 day ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

Nearly a year ago, I first got my hands on the Milk-V Duo S, an SBC with two RISC-V cores and an Arm core. You can use a slider to switch between the two modes when booting, though it wasn't possible to boot off the Arm core at first. The company has put out updates and released new bootable images, including an image that can boot from its Arm core. Over time, many community members built their own images based on RISC-V for the Milk-V Duo S as well.

1 day ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

If you're into home labbing and networking, building your own router with software like OPNsense or pfSense might sound like a lot of fun, but to be honest, it's not for everyone. Not only do you need slightly more specialist hardware, but there's a lot of work that goes into maintaining your network, too; significantly more than if you had just stuck with your ISP's router. With that said, the benefits can be worth it, and it can be incredibly rewarding to set up and configure.

4 days ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

Home Assistant is a fantastic piece of software that forms the backbone of many smart homes, including my home. With a seemingly endless number of integrations, automations, and scripts on the internet, it's difficult to find something not supported by Home Assistant in some way.

1 week ago | xda-developers.com | Adam Conway

As someone who studied computer science and graduated a few years ago, I'd like to think that I have a decent grasp on all things computing. I can generally have a go at most things, and even though networking was a topic that I spent a lot of time with and enjoyed, some of the finer details can be difficult to master. That's why, when building out my smart home, I've focused on doing it right the first time around.