Finally getting back to this. I only recently discovered I can use the diagnostics port to try and control it directly. I’m probably going to attempt that but need to get some hardware.

I still don’t seem to have any issues with connecting or disconnecting.

I just upgraded to the 2024.10.1 version and I’m not currently having any issues with my Rheem Econet integration. I have nothing about it in my logs that I can see. Let me know if there’s something specific you want to see.

I’m not sure what kind of money you want to spend? The M2 Hat is ~$14 USD and a 2242 NVME SSD can be had for ~$30-$40 USD since you don’t care as much about performance.

The USB to SATA adapter is going to run ~$10 USD and the SATA SSD drives are going to start ~$20 USD are go up from there depending on size, performance, etc.

If size of storage is an issue, the SATA SSD is probably the better route. I believe the NVME would be better performance since it utilizes the bus on the Pi more fully.

I would guess that for the money, most M2 drives and SATA SSD drives are going to be similar lifespans

Which Raspberry Pi do you have? There are some very reasonably priced M2 hats out there that you can boot from on the Pi 5, including the Raspberry Pi branded one.

What I wish existed was a self-hosted version of OurGroceries.

If you want self hosted, I’d second all the Grocy comments. I don’t use it because it isn’t simple enough for my family, but I did like it.

I once heard a consultant refer to it as “The Fog” because it’s like a cloud that you’re inside of. 🤮

I’m honestly not sure. I’m doing the same kind of research myself for a new home I’m building right now and happened to stumble across this guy’s youtube channel. He does a lot of great smart home stuff. I haven’t actually purchased one of them myself yet.

It’s a year old video, but it still is pretty relevant I think.

Local Control Video Doorbells - Reolink, UniFi, Amcrest, Hikvision, Dahua. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XCu6L0xn4Y&t=904s

If you’d rather read than watch the video, he has a nice companion blog. https://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/local-control-video-doorbells-reolink-unifi-amcrest-hikvision-dahua/

And it’s really not as good at being a space heater as an actual space heater. 🤣

It works great with my self-hosted NextCloud!

My oldest kid is a senior in highschool and is starting to show some interest in Linux and this kind of stuff. I’m hopeful that I can change my tune soon and maybe have one of the kids to share a hobby with!

I’ve told my wife and family that if something happens to me, they need to start migrating all their stuff off my self-hosted services to cloud services because its a matter of time before something fails and nobody’s around who knows or cares to fix it.

I used to have this problem. I started pulling a version number (like 27) instead of “latest” so that I could just pull minor releases when I did updates, and then I manually step up the version in the docker-config file for major versions when I’m ready for them. (I don’t like to pull a major release version until there’s been 1 or 2 maintenance releases since my nextcloud is fairly critical for my family)

Depending on your budget and location, a whole house backup generator can be relatively inexpensive. My family lives in a very rural area in the central US, so we have a backup whole house generator that runs on propane. I chose propane because those motors seem to have less maintenance, plus we have propane for the grill, etc, already on site.

I have a Nextcloud server that I setup (before Immich was a thing. I’m also running it now, but not using it for photo backup). I have accounts for my immediate family and all of our phones are setup to use the Instant Upload feature to back up photos.

Thanks for the tip on the GPU! I live in an area where power is relatively cheap, so I’ll probably go for the 3060. I really wish some of these would work better with AMD since their drivers seem to be more Linux-Friendly these days.

If I get something going, I’ll share for sure!

My opinion is that your spouse will have to get rid of any other hobby related stuff. If you’re a fisherman, she’s going to have to find something to do with all the tackle, boat/s, gear.

I know a guy that was a woodworker who had a shop full of well over $20k worth of tools. Poor guy got cancer and died, and his wife had to try to get rid of all of it. Luckily she had some of his woodworking friends who helped her price and sell the stuff. (I got a pretty nice used planer out of the deal)

The free version of Otter.ai limits you to 30 minutes per conversation, 300 total monthly transcription minutes. “Pro” moves you up to 90 minutes per conversation with 1200 total minutes for $8.33/month (billed annually). “Business” is $20/month with 4 hours per conversation and 6000 total minutes. They have an “Enterprise” version, but it is one of those “call for a quote” things.

The Pro is somewhat reasonably prices, but the 90 minutes per meeting limit is a wall I would bounce up against pretty often. Hard to justify the $20/month for me when a couple years of service is about the same price as the GPU I’ve been wanting anyway. Plus, the GPU would be a business expense now, right? :)

Thank you! I’ll make see if I can string together a few things to come up with my own homebrew version of these services. Honestly, for what they’re charging I think I can justify a new dedicated GPU. I’ve got a few other dockers/services which could take advantage of it anyway, so maybe this is the excuse I’ve been needing to pull the trigger on that purchase.

Thanks for the heads up on Danswer!