AI
I Gave an AI Agent the Keys to My Blog's SEO. Its First Report Lied to Me.
It called my sitemap broken (it was not) and my best query busywork (it converts at 20%). What LLM SEO agents get wrong about proportion, and the one thing mine got right.
VersatileThermostat
Versatile Thermostat vs Better Thermostat: 10 Days of Data Changed My Mind
Better Thermostat vs Versatile Thermostat: 10 days of data, 90% less valve thrashing, 2x faster heating. Here's why I switched and the numbers that prove it.
Homelab
The Lazy Sysadmin's Guide to UPS Battery Calibration: When You Refuse to Leave Your Desk
Replaced UPS batteries but runtime dropped? The APC remembers old capacity. Instead of shutting down my homelab and fumbling with cables, I calibrated the UPS remotely via Home Assistant's NUT addon using raw netcat commands. Runtime nearly doubled. Zero cables touched.
zigbee
When Rain Actually Makes You Happy: The $10 Zigbee Guardian of Your Outdoor Laundry
A punchy summary that highlights the key selling points - the price, dual functionality, practical use cases (laundry + irrigation), and the advantage of real detection over forecasts. It's short, engaging, and gives readers a clear reason to read the full article.
TLS
The 47-Day Certificate: How Apple Killed the Annual SSL Renewal
The CA/Browser Forum just approved shrinking TLS certificates to 47 days by 2029. We'll soon pay the same price for commercial certs that expire faster than a DHCP lease. Time to embrace automation - those 'annoying' 90-day Let's Encrypt certificates suddenly look like visionaries.
Homelab
Complete Guide: Setting Up a Custom Validated Domain for Your Homelab in 2025
Transform your homelab with a custom validated domain using Nginx Proxy Manager, Cloudflare, and wildcard SSL. Access services through clean, secure URLs instead of IP addresses and ports.
ghost
Integrating Ghost CMS with IndexNow: Fast-Track Your Content to Search Engines
Discover how to integrate Ghost CMS with IndexNow - a protocol that lets you instantly notify search engines about your new content. A 5-minute setup that can significantly speed up your content's path to search visibility.
homeassistant
Fun with smart knob TS004F (TuYa ERS-10TZBVK-AA) in Home Assistant
I recently have bought this little knob below. 13.28€ 10% de réduction|Zigbee Commutateur de bouton intelligent sans fil pour la maison intelligente, contrôleur de bouton de commutation à distance, fonctionne avec Zigéquation Gateway, Smart Life Andrea | AliExpressAchetez malin, vivez mieux! Aliexpress.comaliexpress.com It comes with battery already
homeassistant
With a little help from ChatGPT about automation, make havoc with randomly turning on lights with Home Assistant
This isn't a post about "BaD AI ToOk OVER MY HoME, BeWaRE!". I was wondering if there was a way to make lights go on and off randomly in Home Assistant. I imagined an alarm automation that, when a breach is detected, could just start a
cisco
Pseudo internet failover controlled by HomeAssistant and zigbee socket using ASA5520
This might look a little too complicated for its purpose, but it actually works quite very well. Recently I've migrated all standalone machines tu new server based on low voltage Atom C2758 CPU (8 core, 20W). Hypervisor of my choice is XCP-NG, as this was the easiets method