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Detailed first-person field notes on running a homelab, covering self-hosted NetBird upgrades and backups, Docker network segmentation, and Home Assistant energy cost modelling. Readers get concrete configurations, scripts, and the reasoning behind each decision.
A sysadmin-focused newsletter by a hands-on practitioner covering firewall configuration, smart home automation and infrastructure tooling, with step-by-step write-ups of real home-lab problems. Readers get concrete technical solutions such as OPNsense wildcard aliases, migrating Eufy cameras to a new integration stack, and controlling a battery with Home Assistant.
A UK home-automation writer documents a self-built Python heating planner, solar and battery ROI tracking, and motorbike trip write-ups, with measured data behind each design choice. The issues show concrete numbers, honest caveats about weak fits and attribution, and notes on working with Claude Code.
A practical home-improvement newsletter covering electrification, home energy, automation and appliance swaps such as induction stoves and heat pump water heaters. Readers get first-person accounts, hands-on reasoning about costs and tradeoffs, and personal tests of home systems.
A personal technical blog-style newsletter covering self-hosted projects, AI coding agent infrastructure, and production RAG engineering. Readers get first-person build stories with concrete implementation detail, code, and design reasoning.
A personal blog by a self-hoster documenting practical home automation and server setups, including Home Assistant stale-sensor alerts, enabling ActivityPub in Ghost, and configuring a TURN server with TLS for Matrix Synapse. Each post gives concrete configs and troubleshooting steps drawn from the author's own experience.
Hands-on home automation tutorials centered on Home Assistant, covering local control of devices, self-hosted notifications and AI integration. Each issue pairs a written walkthrough with a video and explains the author's own setup choices.
Hands-on technical write-ups about home automation projects, mainly Home Assistant integrations with ESP32 hardware, GoodWe solar inverters and Modbus heating controllers. Each issue includes configuration snippets, register details and the reasoning behind the setup.
Personal writing by Home Assistant lead Franck Nijhof on making smart home automation approachable without losing depth, the changing culture of open source code review, and practical details such as automation modes. The excerpts mix opinion essays with hands-on technical explainers for Home Assistant users and open source maintainers.
A personal technical blog covering self-hosting, homelab projects and security engineering, with hands-on walkthroughs and troubleshooting. Readers get practical configurations, code snippets and reference material drawn from the author's own setup.
A personal engineering newsletter by a New Zealand developer mixing home automation build notes, opinions on AI and the future of software engineering, and workplace tooling experiences with Claude, Amp and Linear. Readers get first-hand, practical detail on Home Assistant and Shelly hardware plus candid takes on how AI tools are changing day-to-day engineering.
Rob Pickering writes practical, first-person guides drawn from 15 years of running his own systems, covering macOS, Linux, home network security, Home Assistant and AI tools. Issues also include candid book logs and critical takes on vendor and platform behaviour.
BoatHackers is a practical blog by a software developer living aboard a catamaran, documenting DIY smart home and marine tech projects such as integrating NMEA instruments, Shelly relays and Starlink with Home Assistant. Readers get step-by-step, hands-on accounts of wiring and automating boat systems, including the hardware pitfalls and real-world testing.
A monthly-style newsletter from the Open Home Foundation's president, Paulus Schoutsen, covering privacy, choice and sustainability in smart homes through Home Assistant and related open projects. Readers get project updates, community showcases of novel uses, and arguments against proprietary smart-home devices.
A personal blog with practical home-lab, self-hosting and desktop tinkering write-ups, such as routing links to different browsers and publishing Sonarr calendars to Google Calendar via a Synology NAS. Posts mix step-by-step setup detail with candid personal context from the author's work and family life.
A personal blog by David covering self-hosting, home automation, software development and homelab projects. It walks through practical builds such as local smart shutters with Home Assistant, self-hosted live TV with EPG setup, and choosing a self-hosted blogging platform.
A personal blog mixing hands-on home automation write-ups with short essays on mental models and software architecture. Readers get detailed setup notes, such as local HVAC control with ESPHome and Home Assistant, alongside reflective commentary.
A hobbyist blogger documents personal maker projects, such as giving a humanoid robot directional hearing with microphone arrays and building a physical drawer locator tied to a self-hosted inventory app. The posts mix hands-on build logs with reflections on woodworking and retirement.
A personal blog by a developer who documents home automation, AI tooling and tech experiments, such as a shell script that auto-downloads YouTube DJ mixes to a NAS and a walkthrough of configuring Ollama Cloud in Raycast. Readers get practical, step-by-step setups tied to the author's own working setup.
Video-based electronics project tutorials covering Arduino, Raspberry Pi and home automation builds. Each issue gives build steps, parts lists, code and design file links.
Personal blog by Elliot documenting maker projects, including successes and failures, with write-ups on open-source tools like a Victron-ESPHome driver, a QR-code box inventory system for moves, and a PAT electrical testing record app. Readers get practical build details and the reasoning behind each project.
A personal homelab blog by a Greek self-hoster documenting Home Assistant voice control in Greek, a GoToSocial Fediverse setup, and Janitor, a tool for monitoring Zigbee device connectivity over MQTT. Each post includes working docker-compose files and configuration details.
Michael Leen's newsletter offers practical smart home and tech guidance, including Home Assistant troubleshooting, lessons learned from building a smart home, and hands-on reviews of gadgets like robot window cleaners. Each issue pairs a companion YouTube video with step-by-step explanations aimed at making home life more productive.
Katie Riker, a UX designer, writes about improving her own portfolio with AI, screening job candidates efficiently, and designing Home Assistant smart-home dashboards. The newsletter offers practical, first-person perspective on UX hiring, case studies, and personal design projects.
A personal blog mixing Android development notes, such as solving a Jetpack Compose navigation error, with hands-on hardware hacking of a Zigbee Ethernet gateway. Readers get concise, practical write-ups of debugging steps and technical findings.
A developer's blog about the Nano cryptocurrency, mixing hands-on technical tutorials (such as running Nano network integration tests in LXD containers) with projects like a door opener triggered by Nano transactions. It also includes manifesto-style essays arguing for decentralized digital cash as an alternative to central bank digital currencies.
A personal tech blog with hands-on homelab write-ups covering home automation, hardware hacking and container infrastructure. Posts include configuration snippets, parts lists and step-by-step integration details.
A personal blog by a French home-automation enthusiast documenting DIY smart-home projects, such as scheduling a towel radiator with Tasmota and Home Assistant, fixing Zigbee state-reporting glitches, and building LoRaWAN mapper devices for The Things Network. Readers get hands-on configuration walkthroughs and the author's own reasoning behind each setup.
Raspberry Coulis publishes hands-on Raspberry Pi projects, step-by-step tutorials and product reviews. Issues include parts lists, build walkthroughs and personal context for each project.
This is the blog of Safire Home Solutions, a smart home installer in Oklahoma, sharing project write-ups on Home Assistant integration and Wi-Fi troubleshooting. Readers get practical examples of diagnosing home networks and combining devices from several brands, though the posts also promote the company's services.
A personal blog-style newsletter by a hobbyist covering home lab automation with an AI agent, DIY ESP32 projects like a pool monitor, and family outings such as a model train day. Readers get first-person accounts of practical builds and everyday adventures.
A personal site where the author shares projects: an AI-assisted short video set in Iain M. Banks' Culture with detailed production notes, a home CO2 graph, and a tool for searching iMessage history. The writing is brief and project-focused, with links to fuller write-ups elsewhere.
A developer-focused newsletter mixing short Java and home-automation tutorials with a personal, playful voice. Readers get practical code snippets, such as configuring GlitchTip with custom certificates, controlling TP-Link smart plugs from Java, and getting ANSI colour output working on Windows and IntelliJ.
A personal blog mixing French-language Swiss urban mobility research on traffic calming and shop-friendly streets with a DIY home-tech post about building a connected family calendar display on a Raspberry Pi. The sample also includes a short personal farewell note, so the content is uneven.
A personal technology and home automation blog with practical how-to guides, product news, and honest opinion pieces. Recent issues cover a diskpart-based clean Windows install and Belkin ending support for older WeMo smart home devices.
Hands-on technical notes covering Home Assistant setups, AWS Amplify fixes and home lab configuration. Readers get step-by-step how-tos and troubleshooting steps drawn from the author's own projects.
A personal blog of hobby engineering projects, including a 32,768-piece Lego pixel art album wall and a step-by-step guide to triggering music playback with NFC tags and iPhone Shortcuts. It also includes a personal reading list.
A personal blog by Chris DeFlumeri covering his hands-on home automation build with Home Assistant, local-only Zigbee and Z-Wave hardware, and remote access, alongside rambling life updates about becoming a stay-at-home dad and occasional track-day photos. Readers get a practical look at a fully local smart home setup mixed with informal personal anecdotes.
Everything Smart Home is a UK blog covering smart home gear, with deal roundups, Home Assistant release write-ups and hands-on device reviews. Readers get practical product guidance and updates on the Home Assistant ecosystem.
A personal blog by Noel Ferreria mixing home automation projects, such as running local AI object detection on security camera footage, with self-hosting tips and occasional concert reviews. Readers get practical setup walkthroughs and candid notes on the tools and trade-offs behind them.
A product-driven blog covering the Matter smart home standard, with guides on connecting Zigbee devices and roundups of Matter hubs, controllers and door sensors. Readers get buying recommendations, pros and cons, and setup steps, mostly tied to affiliate-style 'Add to Cart' listings.
A smart home hobby blog covering DIY and practical automation, such as controlling cheap IR-remote LED candles via a Tasmota-flashed blaster and Home Assistant. It also promotes a large sponsored smart home cinema project and a planned high-tech residence, with the latter mostly announcement-style text.
A hobbyist's personal notes on home plant automation, covering smart sensors, humidifiers and drip irrigation, with a shared Home Assistant-style script. Other entries are short updates on air plants and yearly harvests.
Company blog from the SharpTools team covering smart home dashboards, rule-based automations, and product updates. Readers get practical automation ideas and announcements of new features and platform integrations.
A vendor blog promoting the ATH Bridge hardware, a HomeBridge-based device, as the way to connect Z-Wave, Yale, Philips Hue and other non-HomeKit devices to Apple Home. Posts are step-by-step setup guides that repeatedly recommend the product and link to purchase it.
A personal newsletter from developer Kevin Häusler covering 3D printing, web development, home automation, Python and other software and hardware projects. The recent issues in the sample are short promotional-style notices pointing to boot.dev courses on Go HTTP servers and a guided project.
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