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Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

1901 points l2silver | 1 comments | 27 Apr 23 15:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.467s | source

Maybe you've created your own AR program for wearables that shows the definition of a word when you highlight it IRL, or you've built a personal calendar app for your family to display on a monitor in the kitchen. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it.
1. thedanbob ◴[27 Apr 23 16:02 UTC] No.35730094[source]▶
I wrote my own firmware for ESP-8266 IoT devices to connect them to Home Assistant. There are many like it, but this one is mine: https://github.com/thedanbob/mqtt_light https://github.com/thedanbob/mqtt_garage_door https://github.com/thedanbob/mqtt_power_cycle