Home-Lab on Derek Welty https://derek.engineer/tags/home-lab/ Recent content in Home-Lab on Derek Welty Hugo en-us Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 IKEA Varmblixt as a Home Assistant Status Light https://derek.engineer/posts/ikea-varmblixt-home-assistant-automations/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://derek.engineer/posts/ikea-varmblixt-home-assistant-automations/ Turning the IKEA Varmblixt donut lamp into a context-aware status light with weather reactions, cycling alerts, door alerts, and three color scripts. TRMNL X BYOS: Self-Hosting the Server Before the Device Arrives https://derek.engineer/posts/trmnl-x-byos-server-setup/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://derek.engineer/posts/trmnl-x-byos-server-setup/ Setting up a FastAPI BYOS server for the TRMNL X e-ink display, with local DNS and Caddy reverse proxy, before the hardware even ships.