- Use Linux
- It's probably not a static-ip and I wouldn't rely on it as such. I'd use http://www.duckdns.org/ to handle the dynamic IP issue (or something else, https://freedns.afraid.org/ would be another option)
- I'd look to pihole to start with for DNS. It blocks ads and you can add manual DNS entries. If you need something more complex, you can always migrate to something like unbound but pihole is a good, easy start.
- Setup https://letsencrypt.org/ You didn't mention HTTPS/SSL, but you should really set it up. let's encrypt makes it easy and free
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It seems that as of right now at least, signups are still open.
I've done some elixir so pattern matching and functional programming was pretty familiar but yeah, borrowing took me actually reading about it rather than going "I can just figure this out" before I was like "Oh, that makes sense."
And yeah, I remember the first time I encountered the ? operator in some example code I was like WTF?!??! How do I search for THAT?
If that's the case it'll be the first nintendo platform I don't buy since the original NES. I still buy physical cartridges and if that's no longer an option I guess I'm just a retro gamer playing emulated systems.
Matches my experience with rust as well. Once I got used to some of the concepts and syntax, everything started to just fall into place.
So now it's just NJ?
Yeah, but now a lot of people I convinced to use it, no longer use it because they just want to use one app.
Currently? No, because I quit reddit.
But when I was on reddit, I used Relay For Reddit Pro.
Yeah, the mesh features is really nice.
Agreed, 3-4 seems to be a sweet spot, 10 seems to be pretty much only for boiling water. 🤣
I've been using Home Assistant for a while now. I do recommend setting up a VLAN that can't communicate with the internet which is where any wifi devices live. However I really like ZigBee and/or Z-Wave devices as they don't require any internet connection.
Lights alone are a game changer. Timers never really worked well for us because we're pretty far north of the equator and sunrises/sunsets have a pretty big swing. I currently have the lights come on 1 hour before sunset so it adjusts to this swing without me having to do anything. Then I have a button on my nightstand that turns off all the lights that aren't night lights.
The downsides are that it can be expensive. You start with a couple of light bulbs, maybe a couple of outlets, next thing you know you are pricing out how much it will cost to change all your switches and trying to figure out if they all have neutral wires or not. You'll start watching youtube videos of people's setups and looking for ways to do more with your smart home. It's a fun hobby but can be a lot of work.
Not all I self-host but pihole, plex, & homeassistant are certainly my most used.