Home Assistant pulls hourly spot prices via Tibber or Nordpool to schedule EV, water heater, and heat pump loads, cutting Nordic bills 20-40% in 2026.
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Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
HTMX + Alpine.js: 35KB interactive UIs, zero build step
Build fast, interactive web apps combining HTMX and Alpine.js with two script tags, 31KB gzipped. No Webpack, Vite, Node.js, or build tools.
Open source vector databases: Qdrant vs Milvus vs Weaviate
Compare Qdrant, Milvus 2.5, Weaviate, Chroma, pgvector, and LanceDB for 2026 RAG: hybrid search, latency, quantization, GPU support, and cost.
Build a Thread device with ESPHome and the ESP32-H2
Build Thread mesh devices with ESPHome 2025.6 on ESP32-H2 and ESP32-C6, join a border router, and expose battery-efficient IPv6 sensors to HA.
Plant monitor system ESP32: under $10 per plant
Monitor multiple plants with cheap ESP32 sensors and ESPHome. Track soil moisture, light, and temperature; automate watering reminders and dashboards.
Running Windows apps on Linux: Proton, Bottles, and the full compatibility stack
Run Windows apps and games on Linux with Wine 11.0, Bottles, Proton, DXVK, and VKD3D translation layers for near-native 2026 gaming performance.