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PairDrop: The best AirDrop alternative for all devices!

Do you know the situation? You want to quickly send a file from your cell phone to your laptop or send something to a friend at home - but the file is too big for WhatsApp, email is too cumbersome and AirDrop only works on Apple devices. 🙄 Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 7 months ago 2. November 2025
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Home Assistant: Smart Garden with soil moisture measurement

We've all been there: you water regularly, but your plants sometimes seem dry, sometimes too wet. Are you watering too much or too little? With a smart soil moisture sensor, you can finally get clarity - without any guesswork. In this article, I'll show you Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 10 months ago 23. July 2025
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WeddingShare - sharing & collecting wedding photos made easy

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life - full of emotions, surprises and unforgettable moments. But how do you collect all these special moments from family and friends in one place without getting lost in WhatsApp chats or throwing away USB sticks? Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 9 months ago 12. August 2025
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Refoss R11: How to make your socket invisibly smart

Would you like to finally make your home smart - but without conspicuous plug modules or visible technology? Then the Refoss R11 Smart Relay Switch is just the right tool for you. This small flush-mounted relay disappears into the wall and makes existing sockets Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 10 months ago 20. July 2025
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Refoss P11S in test: Smart plug for Home Assistant incl. prize

Would you like to control your devices smartly, expose power guzzlers and automate your home - as simply and inexpensively as possible? Then the Refoss P11S Smart Plug could be just the right gadget for you. In this article, I'll show you what Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 11 months ago 20. July 2025
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Connect Home Assistant & Paperless-NGX: Smart documents

Smart home meets digital organization - and on your own server If you use Home Assistant for your smart home and Paperless-NGX for digital document management, you can create a real automation powerhouse by combining them. In this article we'll show you Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 11 months ago 13. July 2025
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Track tasks smartly with Home Assistant: Native / Chore Helper / Grocy

Mess in the kitchen? Forgot to take out the trash? With Home Assistant, you can bring order to your household - completely automatically. Whether you use native automations or integrate the smart household management tool Grocy - in this article I'll show you step by step, Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 9 months ago 12. August 2025
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DREO TurboPoly Fan 502S - Your smart fan in the test!

When the temperatures rise and the hot air builds up in your home, there's only one thing to do: cool it down quickly and effectively. This is exactly where the DREO TurboPoly Fan 502S comes into play - a powerful, smart fan that doesn't just look cool, Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 11 months ago 2. July 2025
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Outline: The real-time collaborative wiki - Forget Confluence!

In today's dynamic working world, you need a flexible and efficient tool to share and organize knowledge within your team. If you have ever worked with Confluence, Notion or Google Docs, you know the typical problems: overloaded interfaces, Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 12 months ago 12. August 2025
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Paperless-NGX: Digitize, manage & find documents

Mountains of paper are annoying. Whether it's invoices, contracts or insurance policies - everything piles up at some point. But don't worry: with Paperless-NGX, you can not only digitize your documents, but also manage them smartly and find them again at lightning speed. And the best thing? You have full control over Read more

By Sascha Brockel, 11 months ago 25. June 2025

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