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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • You’re so brave. I love self-hosting everything I possibly can, but I can’t get myself to babysit email.

    I just tried Thunderbird on Android recently. It was very nice. Hopefully the iOS version is excellent as well.

    Apple Mail is one of the iOS apps I actually love. Since you would just be using IMAP and SMTP, you wouldn’t really be locked into anything. Maybe you’re overthinking it. I definitely tend to. Being locked into any proprietary system makes me feel claustrophobic.

    Best of luck to you.


  • Zigbee is wonderful. Be mindful of your network layout. Ensure you have plenty of routers strewn throughout, as it’s a mesh network.

    Most smart plugs are routers, which makes it easy. I’ve had great success with THIRDREALITY plugins.

    The best thing I’ve done: installed a POE coordinator in the center of my home. The SLZB-06M has been a champ.

    Two huge benefits of going with Zigbee over WiFi:

    1. Zigbee is offline.
    2. Adding WiFi devices adds more interference and congestion to your network, causing instability. Zigbee rides in the same spectrum, but just a sliver of it.

    More ip devices on your network also increases attack surface. Keep it simple.