My Early Experiences With Matter Devices
Matter has arrived on the scene. Many different devices now have some amount of Matter support coming. A few Matter devices have already arrived. I have been fortunate enough to play around …
Matter has arrived on the scene. Many different devices now have some amount of Matter support coming. A few Matter devices have already arrived. I have been fortunate enough to play around …
After much fanfare, Matter is finally here! Matter is a new common language for smart home products designed to eliminate compatibility issues and simplify smart device setup. But do you have the …
Since the Matter standard was ratified at the end of 2022, more and more companies are adopting it. And, why not? Matter has the potential to greatly improve smart homes by simplifying …
I love Home Assistant, and it truly is the central intelligence of my smart home. I currently run my production instance of Home Assistant in a Python virtual environment in an Ubuntu …
I’ve been using Proxmox for my virtualization needs for a few years. Over the last year, I’ve transitioned all of my hosts to small form factor PCs. I’ve written an article that …
I have been running a pfSense router for years, and I think there are a lot of good reasons to do so. In fact, pfSense is better than most consumer routers out …
SwitchBot is a company that has been putting out impressive, inexpensive, and easy-to-use smart home products. I recently installed the Blind Tilt and integrated it with the SwitchBot hub, and I am …