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Ghost haunting a Zigbee network with smart plugs and light bulbs

The Case of the Haunted Smart Plug: Debugging Ghost Zigbee Group Memberships

My dishwasher smart plug kept turning off with the bedroom lights. The culprit? A ‘ghost’ group membership stored in the device’s firmware that survived removal from zigbee2mqtt.

Animated washing machine card on a dashboard

Home Assistant: Smarter Appliances with Washdata & Animated Cards

Stop guessing if the washing machine or dryer is running. Learn how the new Washdata v0.4.0 update pairs perfectly with HA-Animated-cards for a beautiful, informative Home Assistant dashboard.

A pangolin fixing holes in a firewall wall

How I Teamed Up with a Pangolin to Close the Holes in My Firewall

Learn how I replaced my traditional reverse proxy setup with Pangolin’s zero-trust tunneling approach - zero open ports at home.

Renovate: Automating Docker Image Updates with Pull Requests

Learn how to automate Docker Compose image updates using Renovate. A GitOps approach to keeping your containers up to date.