Frigate NVR Hardware and Setup: The Complete Guide
Why Frigate can’t simply run on your VPS Replace Your Ring Doorbell Subscription With Your Own VPS mentions Frigate as the engine behind a genuinely subscription-free camera setup…
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EV Charger Monitoring and Smart Charging on a VPS
What OCPP actually is, briefly OCPP (Open Charge Point Protocol) is the open, vendor-neutral standard most modern EV chargers use to communicate status, start and stop charging sessions,…
Solar and Energy Monitoring: Hosting Your Own Dashboard
The problem this solves Most solar inverters, whether from SolarEdge, Growatt, Huawei, GivEnergy or another major brand, ship with a perfectly functional manufacturer app showing generation, consumption and…
Cheap VPN for Smart Home Devices (VPS + WireGuard)
The problem this solves As a smart home grows, so does the list of things that genuinely benefit from secure remote connectivity: the Home Assistant dashboard, a security…
Replace Your Ring Doorbell Subscription With Your Own VPS (For About £3/Month)
Your doorbell is already an IoT device, you just don’t own the other half of it Here’s the thing nobody tells you when you unbox a Ring or…
Home Assistant Remote Access Without the Cloud
The problem this solves Home Assistant’s own remote-access story has two well-known options, and both have a real downside. Nabu Casa’s Home Assistant Cloud is genuinely excellent, easy,…
Self-Hosted Smart Home Dashboard
The problem this solves The average smart home accumulates devices from different brands faster than anyone plans for: a Philips Hue starter kit, a Ring doorbell, a couple…
Why Your Smart Home Should Have a VPS
The core problem a home network alone can’t solve Most home internet connections have a dynamic IP address, one that changes periodically, sometimes without warning, whenever your ISP…
Fixed vs Dynamic IP SIM for Home/Office IoT: Do You Need a VPS?
The problem both approaches solve A cellular-connected device or router at home or in a small office, perhaps a backup internet connection, a remote camera, or a small…