Just a short update on my GIT GUI client quest… I ended up ditching Fork completely in favour of GitAhead (and Ungit) both for work and for personal use. It works great for my purposes.
Otherwise I’ve been looking into how to replace my Arlo cameras at home. I would really like to get rid of the monthly fee. I could use the free tier, but that would mean only one week of cloud storage and no AI object detection (persons, animals, packages). One week cloud storage would work just fine. But I would really miss the object detection.
Issues with the Arlo camera system:
- Cloud dependency (even for storing videos on the base station USB stick)
- Monthly fee
- Max number of cameras
- Yet another wi-fi network
- Constant battery recharging
- Lots of compression artefacts
The solution for me is to use PoE IP cameras, local handling of video streams and local object detection. Everything connected to an UPS to protect against power failures. The only bullet I can’t completely get rid of is the first one, about cloud dependency. I of course need a service outside my home network to get push notifications on my mobile devices. With this solution I am free to use cloud storage if I want to. Since I already use SpiderOak for my personal backups I have the possibility to store videos there as well.