[Zariel]

I would have thought just using Unifi's DNS server to address each device would have been far simpler.

[wjdp]

Left a comment on the article with similar thoughts https://www.troyhunt.com/iot-unravelled-part-2-ip-addresses-...

Pi-hole instead of Unifi's DNS, hostnames either come from the client provided hostname or from a override file mapping MACs to hostnames.