Smart Home Hubs

# THE SHORT ANSWER If you are running a serious home lab, specifically one built on a **4-node Proxmox cluster** with a **Synology NAS** backend, you need a hub that respects local control and doesn’t rely on a cloud API that can be shut down by a corporation. In my testing, the **Home Assistant Yellow** […]

Who Should Buy the Aeotec Z-Stick 7 Plus During my testing in a home lab with a legacy Z-Wave network, I found the Aeotec Z-Stick 7 Plus is the only viable option for three specific scenarios. First, if you are maintaining an existing Z-Wave network built around a Z-Wave 400 or 500 Series controller and