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.
Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
Hands-on experience with AI, self-hosting, Linux, and the developer tools Botmonster actually uses
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.
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.
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.
Build an ESPHome soil moisture sensor for under $10
An ESPHome soil moisture sensor costs under $10 and reports to Home Assistant. Wiring, YAML, calibration, and the fix for a reading stuck at 1.07V.
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 76% on Terminal-Bench, 4x faster output
Gemini 3.5 Flash launched May 19, 2026 with 76.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and 4x faster output. See benchmarks, availability, and when Pro arrives.