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Jarvis Learns Piper - Text-to-Speech Locally in the Homelab
How I migrated Home Assistant's text-to-speech pipeline from Nabu Casa Cloud to a local Piper container, and learned that measurements matter more than gut feelings.
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EchoMuse, Part 1: Echo Dot without Alexa - the Infrastructure
Setting up infrastructure for EchoMuse: Home Assistant Assist pipeline, Docker container controller, and Traefik dashboard to prepare for unlocking Echo Dots as Home Assistant voice satellites.
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EVCC Foundation: The Setup Before Any Assistant Gets Involved
How EVCC works as a solar charging controller between inverter, meter, and wallbox - manual configuration from the ground up, before AI assistants were involved.
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Claude Code as Homelab Assistant - Part 3: Deploying a New Service
Claude Code deploys Wallos, an open-source subscription tracker, with Traefik integration and HTTPS in under 2 minutes - including automatic error handling for Fish Shell and API access.
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Claude Code as Homelab Assistant - Part 2: Finding and Fixing a Bug
How Claude Code automatically diagnoses and fixes a hidden healthcheck bug in a Docker container - a practical example of AI-assisted homelab management.
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Claude Code as Homelab Assistant - Part 1: Setup & First Audit
Set up Claude Code as a local assistant for your homelab: SSH setup, reusable prompts as slash commands, and automated security audits without manual back-and-forth.