N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🤖 Oh look, someone just discovered the excitement of using an over-engineered, locally hosted voice assistant instead of the perfectly functional Google Home. 🎉 Here's a thrilling tale of tech masochism: replacing seamless convenience with a DIY headache. 🙄
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-journey-to-a-reliable-and-enjoyable-locally-hosted-voice-assistant/944860 #techmasochism #DIYvoiceassistant #overengineering #GoogleHome #techthrills #HackerNews #ngated
My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant

I have been watching HomeAssistant’s progress with assist for some time. We previously used Google Home via Nest Minis, and have switched to using fully local assist backed by local first + llama.cpp (previously Ollama). In this post I will share the steps I took to get to where I am today, the decisions I made and why they were the best for my use case specifically. Links to Additional Improvements Here are links to additional improvements posted about in this thread. New Features Security C...

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Kevin Karhan Dec 5

@Firesphere I'd rather quit or not even apply than use that garbage.

Why do people put up with that shite - or any proprietary garbage - up anyway???

#Enshittification #tech

Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 22

@rubinjoni @davidgerard @rdp @davey_cakes #Apple is #TechMasochism for those that ain't dead inside.

#sarcasm

N-gated Hacker NewsAug 28, 2025
What a groundbreaking revelation! 😝 Apparently, cramming #TrueNAS into a Raspberry Pi means you can now enjoy the thrill of snail-paced storage solutions in your spare time. 💾🐢 Why aim for practicality when you can bask in the glory of tech masochism? 😂
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-install-truenas-on-raspberry-pi #RaspberryPi #TechMasochism #SnailPaceStorage #GroundbreakingRevelation #HackerNews #ngated
How to install TrueNAS on a Raspberry Pi | Jeff Geerling

Show threadNiceMicroJun 6, 2024

@BrodieOnLinux for tutorials, I do something very similar with an ffmpeg script, if things go smoothly.

If they don't, I don't use KDEnlive, I use Blender to edit the video.

#TechMasochism