I got tired of opening my roller shades by hand, so I built my own smart controller.
Custom PCB + ESP8266, 3D-printed mechanics, Hall-effect position sensing, AWS IoT, and Google Home integration.
I finally wrote up the whole project: osv.im/writing/buildi…
Finally got blackout curtains again - and automated opening them every morning with a @SwitchBot curtain bot. Feels like one of the easiest way to increase #sleepquality
Bus companies might be borrowing from airlines’ playbooks - it’s cheaper to buy a @PeterPanBus ticket to BOS/Logan with a stop in Boston than to go to Boston directly
.@USPS’s @USPSWebTools address API appears to be down. No way to reach them because the contact form also uses the API and doesn’t let you contact them without validating your address 🤦♂️
