Frigate

So You've Decided to Become Your Home's IT Department
Two true stories from the life of an unpaid, self-appointed home sysadmin: the day my firewall’s intrusion prevention system banned my own security cameras, and the day my automation server politely declined every IP address in the house until there were none left.
Jun 11, 2026 8 min read Home Lab, Self-Hosting
Ditching Cloud Cameras: Self-Hosted Security with Frigate, Tapo, and an Intel Arc B580
How I replaced cloud-dependent security cameras with a self-hosted setup using Frigate, Tapo cameras, and an Intel Arc B580 GPU. No more false positives, no subscriptions, full data sovereignty.
Apr 12, 2026 6 min read Home Lab, Self-Hosting