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Multi-gigabit routers are pointless without this one upgrade
Take full advantage of your speeds with this addition

Samsung's Galaxy Upcycle promised to make old phones useful, then won an award for giving up
Your old phone could have been so much more.

My smart home still works without the internet, and it's all thanks to one app
Home Assistant is the best unified platfom for your smart devices.

I'm rebuilding my workstation with these 5 unique improvements
Upgrading form and function in one fell sweep

Stop buying gaming routers; you need a wired backhaul, not more antennas
Are there really any benefits to a spider router?

4 smart home devices I refuse to buy
I don't need to be locked into a subscription.
5 VLAN rules every smart home should have
Implementing these VLAN rules is a simple way to tidy up your smart home networking

Your smart home temperature sensors are useless if you don't calibrate them
What use is a sensor that's wrong?

Grocy seemed like a great self-hosted tool, until I used it for a week
The cracks started to show

Home Assistant's new dashboard finally makes sense for the whole family
We've finally got a revamped dashboard!
This is the Home Assistant automation I run that my family actually loves
Use automations for things that matter, not because they exist

Stop using Wi-Fi for your smart home
You're crippling your own internet speeds

4 ways to use your phone's sensors in Home Assistant
Trigger automations with the device you always have on you

This Home Assistant integration makes notifications so much simpler
You've never been notified like this before.

5 Zigbee gadgets under $15 that completely transformed my smart home
Save yourself some major cash by using Zigbee.

Home Assistant isn't just powerful; it's also very user-friendly
Home Assistant strikes the right balance between simplicity and functionality

Home Assistant's best feature isn't automation
Home Assistant's best feature is a lot simpler than that: a unified dashboard.

4 smart home devices that work perfectly offline
Smart doesn't have to mean cloud-based

Alexa+ and Google Home's AI didn't revolutionize anything in 2025, but Home Assistant did
A free and open-source platform beat two giants when it comes to smart homes in 2025.
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