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I also worked there for quite some time and always enjoyed walking into that building each morning. The 9th (top) floor cafeteria was such a nice touch and offered great views up a…

Cool to see the recently launched FULU bounty program[0] working as intended[1]. [0] https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties/nest-learning-thermostat-... [1] https://nolongerevil.com/ab…

I started my career as a front-end developer, almost twenty years ago, and have been doing the EM thing for the last 10 or so years. My 7 year-old really enjoys understanding how t…

I had a very similar experience a few years ago and decided to switch from Next to Astro [0]. [0] https://astro.build/

I’m happy to see Tropical Tidbits in this thread but am also surprised that Levi’s site and content doesn’t appear on HN more often.

I worked on the front end of CollegeHumor.com at this time and spent a lot of working hours bashing my head against the wall debugging for IE6 (and even IE5). I don’t remember the …

That’s what I’m thinking I’ll do if/when the sensor fails. Or for v2.

Perfect. Thank you

My thoughts exactly on using ESPHome. My familiarity with float switches is limited to boats. Any you would recommend for this application?

Good to know. I thought about using both a float switch and an ultrasonic distance sensor.

Cheers!

That is what inspired me to try building something myself. How do you like it? Does it have any reliability issues?

Thanks! No fail-safe besides the limit of only running the pump for 10 seconds at a time. I will continue to keep an eye on the data being pumped to Home Assistant and look to add …

I guess it depends on where you’re starting at and what else you’re doing, like a diet. 26 over three months does sound like a lot but not impossible. Anecdotally, I broke my leg a…

Thanks for this. I may look into wrapping it into a Home Assistant integration.

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The Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet Secure from Tom Scott (2017) https://youtu.be/1cUUfMeOijg

Over the last two weeks, I've been evaluating and trying out different headless CMSes, databases, and libraries like Refine to power my simple personal site. I spent the most time …