Regarding the doorbell, one option you have is to try finding a second-hand Unifi G4 Doorbell (non-pro). It can be wired with only the two wires you already have. Just make sure you have relatively good 5GHz WiFi reception near your front door, because the 2.4GHz antennas on this model are notably bad.
I've been watching the wifi G4 doorbell like a hawk, it's just perpetually sold out 😂 eBay listings aren't any better, being even more expensive...
I've been running the original Unifi Dream Machine (the can, not rack) since it released in 2019. Been pretty solid, no complaints; it replaced my trusty Asus RT-N66U w/Tomato firmware; I think the UDM has been deployed longer than the Asus at this point.
The single built-in AP on the UDM was getting a bit overwhelmed, so recently I bought a U7 Lite AP to help split the load a little better. Working great so far, but now I'm looking into adding an NVR for cameras.
I like my Unifi setup, I’m just scared of a rug pull.
Originally I was okay kicking $10 to Bitwarden as a sort of donation, but them doubling the fee for dubious “ooh fancy smart scanning tech” just seems like them wanting more money, or at least misusing the money that they have. If they polled users to ask “do you want to spend double the fee for us to do smart scanning?” I guarantee they would have gotten a resounding ‘no’.
Even if we put aside enshittification, who is asking for these features?
Out-of-touch C suites who get their news from the same place that techbro shareholders get their news from.
People need to remember that Bitwarden is just another VC-funded entity abusing the FOSS community for leverage until they go public when the VC bros start demanding returns. I tried moving from KeePass to Bitwarden 5 or 6 years ago, but something about it just smelled "off" to me, so I stuck with KeePass. Glad I did.
All VC-funded projects will enshittify at some point. Pay attention.
I don't run a service unless it has reasonably good documentation. I'll go through it first and make sure I understand how it's supposed to run, what port(s) are used, and if I have an actual, practical use case for it.
You're absolutely correct in that sometimes the documentation glosses over or completely omits important details. One such service is Radicale. The documentation for running a Docker container is severely lacking.
Are there any TVs and soundbars out there that can integrate with Home Assistant, and don’t need a cloud connection at all?
I answered accordingly. There really isn't a reason for a soundbar or surround sound system to be connected to any sort of network. Streaming music is the only reason I can think of, but that can be handled by bluetooth (which many sound systems have), or even an AUX IN with a dock or bluetooth adapter.
Surround sound receiver that works via optical or HDMI. That's what I would recommend over a soundbar that will ultimately end up unusable after a few years. No need to overcomplicate it with HA.
Or... An older Bose soundbar. Bose recently open-sourced some of their older stuff that is no longer supported.
As someone who grew up with older surround sound equipment in the house, I'm just having a hard time imagining a scenario where any network connection at all would need to be involved.
I'm going to be running this with Unifi cameras.