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Home Assistant: Build Your Own Smart Home on Raspberry Pi or Old Hardware

March 22, 2026

After months of stable production use, I'm sharing my practical guide to building an efficient smart home with Home Assistant. Learn to leverage Raspberry Pi or old hardware for seamless automation and regain control over your home's intelligence.

HomeLab

Supercharge Your Home Network: Building a Powerful Router & Firewall with pfSense/OPNsense

March 22, 2026

Tired of your consumer router's limitations and security gaps? Discover how pfSense or OPNsense can transform your home network into a robust, secure, and highly configurable powerhouse, ideal for any HomeLab enthusiast. This guide covers essential setup, key features, and practical configuration examples.

HomeLab

Proxmox VE: The Free Virtualization Alternative to VMware You Should Be Running

March 9, 2026

Proxmox VE is a free, open-source hypervisor that combines KVM virtual machines and LXC containers in a single web interface — no license required. This guide covers installation, VM creation, snapshots, clustering, and GPU passthrough with real command examples.