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Signals by Christian

1 September 2026

I have been using Screen Studio for a while to create demo/presentation material on my Macbook, but I will absolutely check this out as an alternative that is also multi-OS.

OpenScreen
OpenScreen
getopenscreen.com
Free, open-source screen recorder and video editor. Native capture on macOS and Windows, multi-track timeline editing, on-device Whisper captions, and MP4/GIF export — no watermarks, no subscription, no account.
6 August 2026

A third-party Unifi network configuration wizard. I haven't tested this yet, but I'll give it a spin.

RD4U: Configure UniFi with Confidence
Start fresh or import existing VLANs. Build firewall rules visually and preview every change before applying anything to your gateway.
29 July 2026

Older post, but still very valid. Great way to enable Home Assistant access while on the go, without having to depend on a VPN or open it up in general.

Using Cloudflare ZeroTrust and mTLS to securely access Home Assistant via the internet
I’m a big fan of Home Assistant, and until now I only had it accessible from inside my own network. Outside access was only possible through a WireGuard VPN. This works, but isn’t very practical - definitely when I quickly want to check something, or need to diagnose something while on the road, having to toggle the VPN & hope that the DNS resolution works (which sometimes it doesn’t) - the extra hoops make it annoying. Add to that that the location features of Home Assistant aren’t useful until the location of the device is updated in Home Assistant…