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  • Ubiquiti NVR Instant kit is a great value, and you get 24h local recording without a subscription. And it is well supported with Home Assistant.

    Some of the UniFi cameras are amazingly expensive though, $500 for an outdoor 4K camera is hard to swallow. But if you can swing it, you will not regret the investment.

    I already have other UniFi gear for networking and it was natural to add cameras to the system.

    Apparently UniFi Protect works with 3rd party cameras if they support ONVIF but I don’t know of any yet.











  • Anything by Ergotron is excellent. They are very expensive but the magic is that you can buy parts after the fact, like an extra arm or extra swing arm section later as your needs change. You can clamp them or drill through your desk if you prefer, and the clamp can be split in two for easy installation. No regrets.

    For example I got a tall LX pole, initially bought for an Ultrawide (check the weight restrictions!) with two arms, then later got a third arm and an extension for the existing arm when my work configuration changed, then a laptop support plate.





  • For professional use I’ve heard good things about SmartGit, unfortunately my work refused to buy me a license and the trial period wasn’t long enough for me to really form an opinion.

    Work suggests to use SourceTree but it is way too sluggish.

    These days I use git CLI for most things, and VSCode to review changes and submit PRs. Of course this also assumes you use a decent shell with git support, like Oh-My-Posh or similar, so it is always clear what you are working on.