Why I Built a Self-Hosted Home Security Platform
The Problem with Commercial Solutions When I started thinking about home security cameras, the obvious path was a commercial solution — Ring, Nest, or one of the dozens of cloud-connected systems on the market. Plug it in, create an account, and you’re done. I did not go that route. Not because it is difficult to set up, but because of what it implies: your video footage lives on someone else’s server, your access depends on a subscription, and if the company changes its pricing or shuts down, you lose everything you built around it. ...