Home Assistant

Roto Window Cover with Home Assistant

Control your Roto Window Covers with Home Assistant via a Becker USB stick.

Self-Hosting

Major Version Upgrades for PostgreSQL Docker Containers

Learn how to do major version upgrades for PostgreSQL Docker containers with Docker Compose and pg_dumpall.

Replacing the Battery in my APC BX700-GR UPS

How to replace the battery pack on an APC Back-UPS BX700-GR.

Sport

Swimming Tips

A collection of tips for becoming a better swimmer.

Self-Hosting

Upgrade umami v1 to v2

How I upgraded umami docker compose from v1 to v2.

Home Lab and Hardware

Jonsbo N3 - A new NAS case with 8 HDDs bays

A new 8-bay NAS case is on the market!

Self-Hosting

Tailscale to the Rescue - Self-Hosted Services without Port-Forwarding + your Domain and SSL Certificates

Learn how to access your self-hosted services outside your home network. With HTTPS, your own domain and share that with you friends, SO.

Self-Hosting

A new NAS motherboard enters the market for self-hosters

This might be the next NAS motherboard for DIY NAS builders.

✍️ I am writing a book about self-hosting 📖

I am starting to write a book about self-hosting.

Docker

How to find all the docker run flags from running Docker container

You learn how to get the docker run command from a running container.

My year 2022 in review

My year 2022 in review

Home Automation

Free your robot vacuum from the cloud

How to use the robot vacuum without a cloud and integrate it with Home Assistant. With that, some pros and cons of a used older robot vacuum.