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larnius

@larnius@mastodontech.de

Random dude from Germany learning how to code..

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larnius, to homeassistant
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After a long time without posting, I thought it was about time to get back to sharing some work. I know, insects do not really need solar power and wifi, but as a good landlord to them, I thought it was a good idea. Jokes aside, there is a BME280 and an 18650 battery wired to an ESP32 inside to help me get better weather data. and made it a real breeze after all the soldering. In the end, I am really happy with the result. Is this ?

frenck, to homeassistant
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The day after! Thanks for all the sweet messages I've received, you are all the best ❤️

In case you missed the big news from yesterday: https://www.openhomefoundation.org/

It's time to go back home and spend the rest of the day with the wife and kids 🥰.

Choo choo homies! 🚂

larnius,
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@frenck You did great and it's nice to see that you are still nervous - so obviously this all means something to you. Keep it up and enjoy your family time.

frenck, to random
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Hey! Homie! 👋

I know I've been a bit silent lately, but uh... Wassup?
Anything interesting you have going on in the home automation scene lately?

../Frenck

larnius,
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@frenck is working on an automation for the garage. My first thought was for it to open when my wife leaves work and close it a couple of minutes after she arrives (and hopefully parks in the garage). However, sometimes you have to get stuff from the car to the house. And, of course, the garage should not close until the car is locked and the trunk is closed. So that's that.

larnius,
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@frenck Either this, or I'll take the classic approach of just using Siri when I am ready to open or close it. The state of the trunk is just an idea because my wife doesn't like scratches on her car's trunk. Women eh? 😂

larnius, to homeassistant
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The other day my wife told me that when I started all this home automation stuff, I would set it up once and never touch it again.
We both had a good laugh.
I know why I married that woman.

frenck, to homeassistant
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Share your expert or most valuable @homeassistant tip or trick, in a single Toot/post/response:

GO!

larnius,
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@frenck @homeassistant Do frequent backups. And never be shy to ask the community for help. This great community will always help.

larnius,
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@frenck @homeassistant I forgot to mention that. 100% true

larnius,
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@GBrayUT @frenck @homeassistant yes there is. You can choose partial backup and then include the folders you want to back up. I did the same for media since frigate stored recordings there.

larnius, to homeassistant
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I completely lost track of how many days I spent trying to configure in to get the results I expected. Playing around with a was really fun, and I learned a lot. However, in the end, I decided to go with the plugin and . Since I already have HomeKit and the formerly biggest plan for , I was shocked by how easy it was to integrate. Also, my wife can use it easily, which is a big plus for me. So now that's ticked off the list.

larnius, to homeassistant
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Out of all the things in , nothing felt as difficult as getting to work the way I think it is supposed to. And it's the same problem as always with Home Assistant: the person sitting in front of the screen not reading properly. But thanks to the amazing community, everything works now, and I start to switch from to .

larnius, to esp32
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I have finished my tomato-moisture sensor for now. Switching from an to an Lolin made things easier because I don't need to use a clunky power bank, but just a small external battery with a JST plug. However, since I had a free ESP8266, I decided to use it to create an access point and improve the Wi-Fi signal in the area where my tomatoes grow. Since it’s not useful to have the data sent to me all the time, I managed to use , and now it updates every hour. So much fun!

larnius, to Futurology
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Sometimes, I feel a little overwhelmed with all the possibilities of and . That is by no means a complaint; I just have trouble prioritizing my projects. Today, I finished my sensor with an , and it was a lot of fun but also made me want to improve my coding skills faster. Then, I experimented with the feature for my capacitive moisture sensor because I don't need the value every few seconds and plan to use a power bank or something. I love it.

larnius, to homeassistant
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Learning how to solder is kind of fascinating and so much fun. I got a lot of stuff from , and now I feel like a child on Christmas. Besides, I managed to get the capacitive moisture sensor to work and integrated it via into . Working with electrical power is a bit strange, and I look forward to getting used to it. Those batteries are a bit scary for a newbie in all the hardware stuff.
Next to do: cloning my 868MHz garage door opener for my wife. Fun stuff!

larnius, to python
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Back to coding, and I feel very confident about my new projects. I am not sure yet if I'm going to post hardware stuff here. I went back to , and I am surprised how much I have already forgotten about it. But it comes back rather quickly. My current projects are:

  • A capacitive moisture sensor powered by an that is planned to send the data to my and tell me if my tomatoes need water.
  • A transceiver that opens the garage door as soon as my wife comes home.
larnius,
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@urda thanks so much for the tip, I’ll definitely check that out 👍🏻

larnius, to random
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So, after thinking I knew what I was doing (narrator's voice: he absolutely did not know what he was doing), I had to re-setup my entire Mac since I ran into several errors that neither I nor Stack Overflow could solve. And after learning a little bit about version control and GitHub, I hope I can go back to coding now.

larnius, to homeassistant
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Coming back to coding after a long time, I had a beautiful honeymoon in the Netherlands. After that, I started several new projects, most of which involved coding. I was really happy to be doing practical work. Finally, my is working as I want it to.
Additionally, I decided to switch from to , not knowing what a rabbit hole it would be. But now things are working as I planned. So now, I can go back to coding. I will restart and also .

larnius, to webdev
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After several days of working on my , which is now working as intended, I went back to day 48 of . Today was an introduction to , and the course is running pretty fast now. I really like it, especially because it allows me to play around more and do more useful things with . But on the other hand, I feel I need to repeat a few course sections.

larnius, to programming
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Day 47 of was an introduction into . So far it seems to be pretty straightforward and I am curious to see what else there is to it. First steps are always relatively easy and light to digest. Which is a good thing for me today.

larnius, to random
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Day 46 of is done, and it was more theoretical in nature. Learning about the backend stuff is quite interesting, and I hope to learn a lot more about it. So far, the theory is clear. Let's see if it also works in a real-world scenario.

larnius, to webdev
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Day 44 of is complete, including the milestone project, and I am exhausted. Some concepts of still baffle me, and I will need to reflect on some of the things the instructor did here. It's the forward-thinking that confuses me because it seems like the code is almost ready in his head before he types it out. Perhaps this is just a form of muscle memory for coding or something similar.

larnius, to webdev
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After working on my for two days, I finished day 43 of , and I'm afraid I need to review a lot of . Today's task was the game mechanics of the tic-tac-toe game, and I felt lost a lot during the lecture. It's time to repeat some stuff, but that's okay, and I look forward to really understanding the missing parts. https://media.giphy.com/media/TxfiuS0wWx7eyB2fbT/giphy.gif

larnius, to webdev
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Done with Day 42 of and learned a lot of new stuff about . Updating fields is a lot of fun, but I did not expect it to require so much code. Sometimes when I browse the web, I am dumbfounded by the things I come across that I never really thought about. This course will make me more grateful for all the nice websites I visit every day.
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larnius, to webdev
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Just finished day 41 of , and I am flabbergasted by how hard it is to get back into coding after this relatively short break. Building the tic-tac-toe game in , , and is so much fun, and as soon as I look it up, I get back to understanding things. However, some things took forever to get back into my head. So now, I’ll try not to let too much time pass until I do the next session.

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larnius, to programming
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Coming back from my wedding break, we had a wonderful day, and I did not expect everything to turn out perfectly. Words can't describe how grateful I am to everyone who participated and helped make this day special for us.

On Day 6 of , I learned about loops. The syntax was a little odd, but I found it easier to write and read than in . I also managed to tackle checkpoint 3, which was a great way to get back into coding.

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