Notes from the workshop.
Writing on process automation for small businesses: how we map work, connect systems, and keep them running — plus the occasional technical deep-dive from our own tooling.
Plain language where possible, real detail where it matters.
Nabu Casa Is A Security Risk For Your Home Assistant Installation
There is a serious security downside to using Nabu Casa and there is a strong argument to be made that it does not outweigh the benefits. This post explores these weak security protections.
Documenting Business Processes The Fast Way, Without Microsoft SharePoint
Every small business has been there. Your star employee hands in their notice — and they're the only one who knows how to run the critical monthly report.
Streamlining Customer Feedback for UK Businesses with Formbricks
In our previous post, we explored how small UK businesses can leverage Metabase to transform customer data into actionable insights
How UK Small Businesses Can Turn Customer Feedback into Growth with Metabase
As a small business owner in the UK, you're likely wearing many hats – from sales and marketing to operations and finance
Introducing the Smart Home Index: The Ultimate Tool for Finding the Perfect IoT Devices
In today's rapidly evolving world of smart home technology, choosing the right devices for your home can feel overwhelming
Frigate NVR Setup: AI-Powered Home Security
Ditch Ring's cloud storage for Frigate, a local NVR with AI object detection. Keep your footage private, eliminate latency, and maintain security even when the internet goes down.
TrueNAS For Content Creators?
As part of our drive to give the right solution to our customers, Tom wrote a post on the use of
UNRAID: The ultimate NAS build for content creators?
At DataSolace, we are often asked for help and support developing a media and content storage solution
Aging in Place: How Smart Homes Empower Independent Living for Seniors
People worldwide are living longer
The Smart Home Revolution: Powering Sustainability
The Current Landscape Smart home technology continues to get better, cheaper, and smaller
Global IT Outage: Crowdstrike Falcon Update Causes Windows Boot Issues
The Issue A significant global IT outage is currently afoot, with early reports indicating that an update to the Crowdstrike Falcon agent has modified Microsoft Windows system files required for stabl...
Home Assistant + Reolink Video Doorbell PoE: Cloudless Doorbell Automations
Building on our initial exploration of Home Assistant and its automation capabilities, we're now ready to take things up a notch
Home Assistant Automations 101 - Build Your First Automation
In a previous post () we introduced Home Assistant as the possible savior of the home automation sector, we even teased some interesting automations
What is Home Assistant and what does the future of home automation look like?
Home Assistant’s key takeaways: - Unification of standards and brands - Capable of complex automations - Localized data and systems control The year is 2024 and the smart home drea...
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