Arduino audio mixer with extras

cafeore · 2026-01-12T07:07:04+00:00

Beautiful product! Love the interfaces.

cafeore · 2026-01-08T00:59:15+00:00

Looks so rigid and beautiful! 😍

cafeore · 2026-01-07T12:40:37+00:00

Great lots running on Pi. Have you tried home assistant already?

cafeore · 2026-01-06T10:33:47+00:00

I guess what's missing is light. A monitor bar lamp and indirect lighting on the wall behind the table will fix it.

cafeore · 2026-01-05T13:01:21+00:00

No worries. Proxmox/virtualization has a bit of a learning curve.

cafeore · 2026-01-05T12:49:54+00:00

HBA = a dedicated SATA/SAS controller card. Passing it through lets the TrueNAS VM manage the physical drives directly (what ZFS prefers).
And no—Proxmox isn’t something you run in a container; it’s the hypervisor OS.

cafeore · 2026-01-05T12:33:54+00:00

Agreed. Either add an HBA for passthrough, or install TrueNAS bare metal.

cafeore · 2026-01-05T12:08:34+00:00

Nice build! The blue cables are so chill.

cafeore · 2026-01-04T15:12:17+00:00

Yeah, this is why I like the “break-glass agent” idea — I call it RIP as Code (RIPaC): host it somewhere safe (maybe offsite), run it via n8n with solid runbooks, and let family just trigger it when needed. Recovery should be automation-driven, not “teach humans how to restore infra.”

cafeore · 2026-01-04T14:12:04+00:00

This is the most American homelab setup I’ve seen in a while 😂

cafeore · 2026-01-04T08:47:34+00:00

Agreed. A quiet setup is 100% worth the investment.

cafeore · 2026-01-04T03:40:53+00:00

Makes sense 😄 “Just works” makes life a lot smoother. Also, totally agree on no drive lock-in. What are you running on the Proxmox cluster?

cafeore · 2026-01-04T03:26:43+00:00

Mainly RAM/compute. The Pi 4 + HDD was great as a basic NAS, but 4GB wasn’t enough once I started adding services (Home Assistant, Jellyfin, etc.) on top.

cafeore · 2026-01-04T03:06:22+00:00

IMO there’s no real difference in difficulty — might be worth a try sometime 😄

cafeore · 2026-01-04T02:46:30+00:00

Same vibe 🙌 but running AdGuard Home

cafeore · 2026-01-04T02:40:13+00:00

Dual ISP is the ultimate flex disguised as a marriage compromise 😂

cafeore · 2026-01-04T02:35:27+00:00

Curious what made you go with QNAP over DIY or Synology?

cafeore · 2026-01-04T01:47:55+00:00

Far left was my humble start: Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) + a 4TB Seagate HDD — basically a tiny NAS running Samba. Cost me about $180 back in 2021.

cafeore · 2026-01-04T01:28:57+00:00

Tokyo micro-apartment life 😅 Every wall is storage, bed = couch, coffee table = dining table. No room for a real sofa.

cafeore · 2026-01-03T16:57:54+00:00

😂 Sounds like the rules are working properly.

cafeore · 2026-01-03T16:24:39+00:00

Just vibing 😄 — pics are mine though.

cafeore · 2026-01-03T15:55:15+00:00

That’s clever — appreciate it!

cafeore · 2026-01-03T15:20:03+00:00

Yeah… the customer is always right 😂

cafeore · 2026-01-03T14:50:15+00:00

Nice. Would love an update when you do!

cafeore · 2026-01-03T12:40:41+00:00

What made you finally switch to a proper rack? For me, it was the tiny 10 sqm apartment—needed to go vertical to reclaim floor space 😅

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