This document is a work-in-progress; it will never be complete nor 100% accurate.

My home journey started back in 2009 with a ReadyNAS and my home automation journey started in 2013 with Arduino Nanos. I have lots of experience, but will never consider myself an expert. There is always something to learn about!

Hardware

3D Printers

• Prusa MK2S (Shared)
• Prusa Mini+

Networking

• UniFi Cloud Key Plus - UniFi Network, UniFi Protect
• UniFi Security Gateway
• UniFi AC-PRO
• (3) UniFi 8-port POE Switches

Server

• Xeon E3 1220v2, AMD64, NixOS 22.05
• Ryzen 3 2600, AMD 5700XT, Windows 11

Cameras

• (2) UniFi G4s
• (2) UniFi G3 Flex
• UniFi G3 Instant
• UniFi G4 Doorbell - Ding dong!

Misc

• Zooz 700 Z-Wave Stick - My dwindling ZWave network
• ZZH Zig-a-zig-ah Zigbee Stick - Zigbee!
• (7) SmartThings Water Leak Sensors (Zigbee)
• (3) GE Switches & Dimmer Switches (ZWave)
• (5) Ikea TRÅDFRI Bulbs (Zigbee)
• (4) Ikea TRÅDFRI Smart Buttons (Zigbee)

Software

Containerization

• K3S - Kubernetes is so hot right now.

Network

• Traefik - a http load balancer, obtains certificates (both external and internal) from Let’s Encrypt, managed via labels within the stack definition.
• Wireguard - a secure connection into my home network.

IoT/Home Automation

• ArgoCD - continuous deployment of my homelab
• Mosquitto - a publish-subscribe-based messaging protocol; this runs most of my IoT infrastructure.
• Home Assistant - a home automation software hub; anything not integrated via MQTT is integrated via Home Assistant.
• Grafana - a data-visualization tool; draws pretty charts and graphs from the data within Influx
• MySensors - a sensor framework for many different micro-controllers; I use it for many of my battery powered, custom IoT devices like my soil moisture sensor, and door sensors.
• ESPHome - a sensor framework for ESP8266 and ESP32 micro-controllers; I use it for most of my other custom IoT devices like my thermostat actuator, garage door actuator, fireplace actuator, etc.
• apc2mqtt - a apcupsd to mqtt bridge process.
• litterrobot2mqtt - a Litter Robot API to mqtt bridge process.
• mysensorsbootloader2mqtt - a mysensors bootloader to mqtt bridge process.
• redfin2mqtt - a redfin estimate to mqtt bridge process.
• rtl-433 - a program to process 433mhz radio signals.
• unifi2mqtt - a Unifi Controller device status to mqtt bridge process.
• wsdot2mqtt - a wsdot travel times to mqtt bridge process.

Databases

• InfluxDB - a time-series datastore; Home Assistant publishes sensor changes into Influx
• PostgreSQL - a relational database that houses data for Miniflux and Home Assistant.

Misc. Self-Hosted

• Actual - budgeting software; once Actual has a mobile interface I’m bailing on YNAB.
• Borg Backup + Rclone - automated backups for all my servers, rclone’d to Backblaze B2.
• Linkding - a self-hosted bookmark service.
• Miniflux - an opinionated RSS feed reader; replaced Feedly and Google Reader before that.
• Paperless NGX - an app to process and store paper documents (ew, gross).