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I like trying new technology. Not just using it, but poking at it , figuring out how it works, and bending it until it works the way I want it to. Lately I've been experimenting with AI agents , specifically OpenClaw. And they are pretty impressive. But there’s a problem: I don’t trust them. Not fully anyway. And definitely not with things like sending e-mails in my name . So…
When I set out to revamp the monitoring of my infrastructure, and switch to Grafana Alloy for both the host systems and Docker containers running on them - I found myself frustrated by the lack of good tutorials for my use case. Most guides I found that resembled my use case, either focused on host monitoring or Docker monitoring, but not in a unified, easy-to-deploy setup. After quite some…
When you self-host at home, a stable fiber connection usually gives you everything you need: fast speeds, sometimes a public IPv4 address and minimal latency. But when the fiber drops - whether because of an outage, provider work, or hardware failure - your uptime goes with it. So does your household WiFi. In my homelab setup, I serve dozens of DNS records, for example theawesomegarage.com and…
Do you find yourself manually transferring money every week for the kids' allowances? Or maybe you've promised yourself you'll save money for that vacation, but somehow it never happens? What if I told you that your Home Assistant setup could automatically handle your money management, making transfers based on completed chores, workout achievements, or even energy savings? I just finished my…
How an old idea, inspiration from old strategy games, and a toolbox full of AI helpers turned into my Viking strategy saga. A Seed Planted Years Ago Growing up glued to what I consider classics, like Kingdoms of England , Utopia , and the original Civilization , I fell hard for empire‑building at a thinking pace. At the same time, weekend marathons of Risk and Axis & Allies taught me that strategy…
Privacy-focused analytics tools like Plausible are becoming increasingly popular as companies and individuals prioritize data sovereignty and privacy. Plausible Analytics is a lightweight, open-source, privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. Hosting it yourself ensures that your analytics data remains entirely within your control, keeping your information secure and private. The…
Bruker du Ollama og har irritert deg over den tragisk dårlige norsken som kommer ut av en ellers fantastisk Llama 3.1 8b-modell ? Visste du at det finnes språkmodeller som er trent på norsk ved UiO og med hjelp av Nasjonalbiblioteket ? Det er enkelt å benytte disse modellene med Ollama, men det er ikke åpenbart ut fra dokumentasjonen hvordan man skal gjøre det,…
Do you want an AI to analyze images from your security cameras, and never send any data outside your home? This is easy with Home Assistant! I'll show you how to set it up step by step. I recently created a Home Assistant integration called Ollama Vision . This integration makes it super easy to analyze images locally. Here’s what you need to get started: Requirements Home Assistant with…
In this article, you will learn how to set up an automated test workflow for a mockup SvelteKit project enforcing TypeScript code checks, linting, Vitest unit tests, Playwright for end-to-end testing and a simple build test. You will learn to leverage a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner and a pre-built dockerized testbed to optimize performance. By dockerizing the testbed, pushing it to GHCR…
Wouldn't it be nice if you could automatically generate GitHub releases with detailed release notes? Writing release notes can be a pain, but if you take care in structuring your branches into logical work packages, writing informative commit messages, and adding summaries to your pull requests, you can automate your GitHub releases based on that content. In this article, I will show you how to…