There are tons of options for home automation. There are devices that support Z-Wave, Zigbee, Thread, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Matter. How do you choose? In this post, I’ll compare the technologies and show you which ones are emerging as the clear industry direction.

Every journey begins with a first step. Learn how eliminating data leaks and implementing privacy controls led my wife and I to build a smarter home.

So many times, teams use “it should work” as the reason why their software or processes don’t require testing. For example, the code is so simple, it should work. Or, the code was tested on Linux, so it should work on Windows. In reality, this can be dangerous at best … and fatal at worst.

For most people, Git Large File Storage (LFS) is a black box. You install it and somehow Git handles large files differently. But how does it manage the files? How does it know how and when to upload the files? And how was this implemented using only native Git extensibility points? This post will uncover its secrets and how it uses Git hooks and filters to manage large files.

Migrating repositories with LFS can be tricky. This is especially true when the repository is configured to use an LFS endpoint that is separate from the Git repository. Learn how to safely migrate repositories that are using .lfsconfig to manage the storage location.