Equipment Reviews
Best UPS for a Homelab (2026): Pure Sine Wave Picks for Servers & NAS
Five real UPS picks for your homelab — covering pure sine wave, NUT & Home Assistant integration, and how to automate a graceful shutdown.
Smart Home Guides
Best Z-Wave Door Sensors (What Reddit Actually Uses)
The best Z-Wave door sensors for Home Assistant: Zooz ZSE41, Aeotec Recessed 7, Ring 2nd Gen, and Sensative Strips — real specs, no cloud lock-in.
Equipment Reviews
ThirdReality Zigbee Smart Plug Gen2 vs Gen3: Which Should You Buy?
Gen3 wins for new US buyers: better Zigbee chip, OTA without power loss, metering-only mode. Mainland EU readers: look for the E3 instead.
How-To Guides
Accessing a network drive from an LXC (read and write)
Learn how to give a Proxmox LXC container full read and write access to an SMB or NFS network drive using the host bind-mount method.
Equipment Reviews
Best Zigbee Smart Plugs with Energy Monitoring
The best Zigbee smart plugs with energy monitoring for Home Assistant, ranked by accuracy, entity depth, and local-control reliability.
How-To Guides
Creating Your First VM and LXC Container in Proxmox
Step-by-step guide to creating your first VM and LXC container in Proxmox VE, with every setting explained for beginners.
How-To Guides
Setting Up Proxmox: The Next Step After a Raspberry Pi
Outgrown your Raspberry Pi? How to move your homelab to Proxmox: choosing a mini PC, installing Proxmox VE, first setup and finding your way around.
Equipment Reviews
Best Mini PCs for Proxmox Homelabs
Five verified mini PCs for your Proxmox homelab — from budget N150 boxes to 10GbE powerhouses — with real specs, honest trade-offs, and clear buying advice.
Smart Home Guides
Zigbee Hub vs Dongle: Which Should You Buy?
USB dongle or standalone Zigbee hub for Home Assistant? We break down the real differences and pick the best coordinators for local control in 2026.
Smart Home Guides
Best Zigbee Hub for Home Assistant (2026)
The best Zigbee hubs for Home Assistant in 2026: from the plug-and-play ZBT-2 to PoE powerhouses, every pick verified against real specs and reviews.