Thinking of self-hosting some basic tools; SearxNG, Bitwarden, Lemmy.

What kind of tools are you self-hosting right now? Which ones are easy to manage, which ones are awkward? 👀

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never got what the point of Home Assistant is, seems to be it’ll talk to a load of smart devices and advertises you can control it with Alexa but at what point why not just have Alexa itsself control the devices?

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      1 year ago

      Home assistant has plenty of use cases. it is not only controling devices but also a very powerful automation system. A couple of things I use it for:

      -start my laundry only when I have enough solar power to power it

      -notify me when my laundry is done

      -track energy usage of many devices (heaters, washing and dishwashing machines, A/C,etc)

      -let me know when to open or close my windows based on inside and outside temperature

      -Force my water heater to turn on when I have solar power

      -Expose non-homekit devices to homekit

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        1 year ago

        Solar power? That’s pretty cool, do you use it exclusively or just to bring down energy bills?

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          1 year ago

          Im still connected to the grid. The idea is to use as much as I can from my panels instead of the grid.

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            1 year ago

            Fair the dream is to be completely off grid

            Probably the same for a lot of people here to be honest