Beacon Every time my wife needs to get the kids' attention, she has two options: walk to the other side of the house or yell loud enough to be heard through numerous walls. Neither option is ideal. Kid's new dashboard & alert system So I built a thing. Since I don’t ever want the kids to have a phone or a smart watch, the solution would need to involve getting their attention and letting them know Mom needs something from them.

Just build it ✔ So there’s a large NAS in my closet that is full of FLAC files and an install of Navidrome on it. For those of you that haven’t played with it yet, Navidrome is an open-source music library manager. The library continually grows as I discover new music. The problem is that Navidrome’s default web app isn’t very good. Playback breaks and the UI is clunky to use since it’s through a browser session.

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