Matt Deiter — Personal Writing
Locally Sourced Infrastructure.
I build self-hosted infrastructure, break things intentionally, and write about what I find. Expect deep dives into networking, embedded hardware, reverse engineering, and home automation.
Recent Writing
View all →Building a Local-First Smart Home with Home Assistant
From a bare KVM VM to facial recognition door greetings — how I built a fully self-hosted Home Assistant setup on ELITEBOOK with Frigate, CompreFace, and zero cloud dependency.
12 min read
Reverse Engineering the 2GIG EDGE Security Panel
A never-cloud-activated alarm panel, a UART header, and a goal: local Home Assistant integration without Alarm.com. Here's what I found.
8 min read
Ditching the USB NIC: Migrating to the Built-in Ethernet on CachyOS
The r8152 driver had been causing random drops for weeks. Here's how I migrated the entire stack from a USB NIC to the built-in interface without losing the home lab.
6 min read