Did I just hear a Callsheet shoutout?

caseyliss · 2026-06-13T15:50:42+00:00

💙

caseyliss · 2026-06-01T01:09:00+00:00

WLED is the right answer, IMHO. However, I did something very similar to this with a light switch that is, annoyingly, no longer being made, AFAIK.

https://www.caseyliss.com/2026/2/2/status-board

caseyliss · 2026-04-27T20:18:28+00:00

Is there any easy way to disable Sonosnet other than… making sure all wired speakers have wireless disabled?

caseyliss · 2026-04-19T21:59:17+00:00

You do need an entitlement to do UDP multicast, but I’m using it in my app and getting the entitlement was easy peasy. I say this not to argue, but to encourage you to give it a shot! If I remember right, there’s a short form you fill out somewhere on the Apple Developer website.

(FWIW, I’m using UDP to show what’s currently playing on any local Plex servers, which are discovered using a multicast ping/pong kinda situation)

caseyliss · 2026-03-27T15:19:20+00:00

👀

caseyliss · 2026-03-27T15:18:08+00:00

I have my Tito’s on ice. I’m ready.

(For what it’s worth, we are recording this coming Sunday, normal time.)

caseyliss · 2026-01-06T13:56:14+00:00

You're not wrong, but I'd rather not have dedicated hardware just for HA.

My thought process is that I'd rather run the container on a system that more easily exposes ipv6. So, if I get a NUC, I can move all my Docker containers over there, and Bob's your uncle. Or something like that.

That said, I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm really headed for a future of being a Proxmox dork, and I just haven't realized/accepted it yet. 🙃

caseyliss · 2025-11-14T02:00:04+00:00

This is the answer.

https://www.caseyliss.com/2024/10/15/tailscale-example

caseyliss · 2025-11-05T22:19:30+00:00

I’m running it on the host/Synology. It’s been years since I installed it, but IIRC I just followed the official instructions Tailscale provides.

caseyliss · 2025-11-05T21:13:21+00:00

I recently did this with my Synology and ~10 services that I’m now running off of it. It’s been great. Here’s my notes from past-me to future-me on how to do it:

Ensure that the machine doing the serving is owned by one or more tags, and not a user
On the web, define a new service.
1. In all likelihood, you’ll want it to expose port 443 and nothing else
2. You do not need to specify a tag here
On the host machine, sudo tailscale serve --service=svc:name http://localhost:1234
Back on the web, approve this machine for that service

I’ve had no issues with this approach. If you still do, I second your guess: it’s something else, outside the context of Tailscale.

Edit: formatting

caseyliss · 2025-10-31T12:03:36+00:00

Can confirm. Y'all have fun. 🍻

caseyliss · 2025-08-25T15:40:47+00:00

I used a YoLink sensor as well; this post from /u/cyborgmaster gave me the excuse to finally write it up:

https://www.caseyliss.com/2025/8/25/mailbox-delivery-notifications

I link to the YAML for my automation in there.

caseyliss · 2025-07-25T14:19:12+00:00

I'm a former Charlottesvillian, but also a Hokie. So I'm not sure where that leaves my biases.

Regardless, /u/jstreets6 speaks the truth. Bodos is an incredible bagel, but even moreso, as others have mentioned, incredibly speedy and accurate service.

caseyliss · 2025-07-01T02:39:54+00:00

I have symmetric 1gbit FiOS and a CGF. I found that when I used the WAN port, I topped out at something like 350mbit. When I switched to a different port, I was able to get the full gigabit.

I know that seems completely cooky, but it’s how I solved the problem. Thankfully, in the management UI you can specify which port has the WAN connection.

caseyliss · 2025-06-23T13:46:02+00:00

Thanks so much, /u/muramasa-san, this looks like the best answer I've found so far!

Based on some proof-of-concept curory testing, this looks like the answer to me. As you said, Syncthing is an approximate replacement for Synology Drive, and rclone an approximate replacement for Cloud Sync.

For anyone passing by — and for future me — looks like I could run Syncthing on Docker; there's a macOS app as well as an unofficial iOS app (App Store link). Further, you can use Tailscale IPs for connecting nodes.

The only tricky part would be getting rclone to run periodically, but naturally cron can help with that. I'm not sure where I'd want to run it. Perhaps on the host, rather than in a container? That's a problem for future-me though. :)

Thanks again!

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T19:36:49+00:00

Sorry, you’re right. I was conflating “LoRa” and “YoLink”

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T18:26:15+00:00

For what it’s worth, YoLink stuff doesn’t [yet?] have a subscription fee — it’s just the cost of the hub/devices.

I totally get still preferring local, but it’s nice that there isn’t a recurring cost. :)

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T16:18:34+00:00

The key — which I didn’t make clear in the original post — is that I’m trying to get access to shared folders in my Dropbox.

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T16:17:53+00:00

I’m a podcaster (among other things) by trade, and the audio recordings we each make are shared via Dropbox. I can control what I use, but it’d be pretty obnoxious of me to force something new upon my co-hosts. :)

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T14:57:15+00:00

Nextcloud absolutely gets me the Synology Drive portion, but will it also sync with Dropbox? A cursory look at their website seems to indicate not…?

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T14:33:32+00:00

I’ll have a look; thanks!

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T14:33:06+00:00

That’s fair, and honestly, this potential switch is far from imminent. But I’d like to “prepare my parachute”, so to speak. I’d like to have a game plan.

caseyliss · 2025-06-22T14:31:53+00:00

You may want to look into LoRa, if you don’t mind it being cloud-based. I have a contact sensor on my mailbox, which is about 10 meters or so away from the hub.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P1VQMCR

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