This article details how the author built a standalone network monitoring system for their home using ESP32 boards, offering a web server interface and MQTT data publishing for proactive device status updates.
A roundup of four lightweight Python utilities that automate common annoyances—sorting your Downloads folder, quickly logging timestamped notes, cleaning tracking parameters from copied URLs, and logging intermittent internet outages—each presented with source code and usage tips.
Explore various open-source tools for monitoring your home network, including Grafana, Zabbix, PRTG, Pi.Alert, Cacti, Nagios Core, Icinga 2, Prometheus, NetXMS, and Ntopng. These tools help manage network traffic, identify performance bottlenecks, and enhance security.
