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I like what this project is trying to do, self hosted security cameras need to be more accessible to get people to stop using corporate spyware.
I’ve been looking for something like this. To be more accurate, I’ve been looking for something that works as a doorbell/intercom, that doesn’t rely on big tech in some way or other. But this seems like a promising start.
I ended up going with Unifi (G4 Pro Doorbell) after my test-run with Reolink went... poorly. It's technically still 'big tech' but all the parts are on my property and my control, and (at least for the doorbell, that's all I've got so far) it works nearly-perfectly with HA (I can't get custom screen messages to stick when assigned through HA).
Curious what went wrong with your Reolink run. That's what I've got. Doesn't require an app or account, and works with home assistant.
The poster’s account is under 1 day old. There are multiple brand new accounts interacting with this post, too.
And one of them is replying with positive sentiment.
But the one calling it sus is also 5 days old, and making good points.
🤔
I guess its just us in here then, among these AI bots.
Can I have the video pushed to a self hosted server (eg NAS or proxmox VM) and just have my android be a client of that server?
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HA | Home Assistant automation software |
| ~ | High Availability |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| MQTT | Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
| Unifi | Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
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Why a pi zero I've seen something like this done with an esp32 and a pi pico pi zero seems like putting an nvidia 1080 in your nes emu machine
Now hack ring cameras so existing installed cams can connect to your own hosted network.
From a quick glance at the repo?
The commits generally come hot and heavy. Going back to the earlier 2025 commits and the messages mostly look like what you would expect from folk raw dogging main. Arrdalan in particular looks "real"-ish. Whereas jkaczman is already showing signs of the kinds of commit messages that claude et al generate, but those ARE based off certain style guides.
Roll up to 2026 and I can see 11 commits on May 17 alone, they all look like claude messages, some are outright just arbitrarily changing magic hashes, and there are little to no comments.
Not gonna fully call this ai slop but, it is REAL flipping sus as it were. At best, this is enthusiast code without proper engineering and is immensely unmaintainable. Use at your own risk.
Those 11 commits were from a rebase-and-merge PR, which changes the date from the original commit. Notice how there's a week gap between those and the prior commits on the main branch.
The only thing AI is used on in this project is strictly for user interface work (our website, the front-end for the mobile app, the front-end for the deploy tool). We carefully vet anything like that.
Use at your own risk.
What an amazing conclusion, and the best part is, no matter what you've been waffling about before - it's always right. Can we stop calling random things AI slop and telling to be careful bEcAuSe iTs Ai sLoP, and go back to being cautious until something has been reviewed properly? Being careful with random stuff from GitHub you install and run in your private network?
Your whole comment may have been AI slop as well. "From a quick glance at the repo", you should be careful! Thanks, Sherlock.
I'll wait.
Great to see.
The ubiquiti bell is the best but it is american and overpriced. I want something that can record, two way talk and display a message. The parcel camera is a bonus. It also needs to be able to be silenced at set times.
Why not just Thingino?
Thingino looks like a great option for changing firmware of IP cameras to be open-source, and is useful in local NVR-like setups! Our goal is to different: provide an end-to-end encrypted, easy-to-configure and easy-to-use WiFi camera.