Samir Makwana
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5 days ago |
xda-developers.com | Samir Makwana
Taking a nosedive into the world of Home Assistant is truly liberating. Whether you want to bring all your smart devices under one roof or revive old ones, it can power smart automation in your home. Like many, even I am guilty of assuming that the Home Assistant's charm lies in how it deals with various IoT systems. While making different smart devices talk with Home Assistant, I dipped into its automation capabilities. And it was worth it.
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1 week ago |
xda-developers.com | Samir Makwana
Using Home Assistant for smart home automation is for the brave. Want to make the IoT systems work with Home Assistant? You've got to put in some hours and embrace the learning curve. If you're game for a challenge, you can add Node-RED into the Home Assistant and level up smart home automation with some complex ones. The default visual and YAML-based editing options in Home Assistant for crafting automations are enough for most folks.
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1 week ago |
xda-developers.com | Samir Makwana
Swimming in the frenzy of smart home gadgets and automation, I often forget the pain of managing them. Making smart home apps talk to each other seems like a fool's errand. All changed to sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns when I stumbled upon the Home Assistant. Its open-source project badge can be daunting to a layperson - it could involve a lot of work and a steep learning curve. Being a DIY enthusiast and perennial tinker, I thought it wouldn't faze me.
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1 week ago |
xda-developers.com | Samir Makwana
Work remotely or want to access your home lab from anywhere securely? Unsurprisingly, Tailscale is the top recommendation for peer-to-peer VPN to juggle containerized servers and self-hosted apps back home. No one wants to take chances when sharing such resources with family, friends, or a small team. While Tailscale is amazing, Twingate lets you employ layers of user authentication and device verification to access resources from any location.
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1 week ago |
xda-developers.com | Samir Makwana
Getting your family to adopt new technology is a double-edged sword, especially when they use passwords that are easy to guess. That's scary since the internet is rife with scams and hacks, making password management paramount. To safeguard my family's technology, I explored options for an open-source password manager that encourages setting stronger passwords and easily sharing them without sending anything outside my home network. Those were some of my few requirements for selecting Passbolt.
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