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Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by shermantanktop »

This is interesting as an example of just how complicated and elaborate a toolchain you can use to build something dead simple.

There’s a lot that comes for free by adding all these libraries and crates and steps. But from what I can tell it comes down to:

let _ = if fan_on { fan.set_high() } else { fan.set_low() };

Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by skybrian »

It's unclear to me why they needed to compile Rust to WebAssembly to write a website. It looks like iroh has a JavaScript API:

https://docs.iroh.computer/languages/javascript

Edit: actually, that's a Node.js-specific API. For browsers, it seems like they should have a platform-independent JavaScript/TypeScript API that includes a WebAssembly file (if needed) instead of expecting you to compile WebAssembly yourself.

Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by nine_k »

skybrian wrote: post #3

It's unclear to me why they needed to compile Rust to WebAssembly to write a website. It looks like iroh has a JavaScript API: https://docs.iroh.computer/languages/javascript Edit: actually, that's a Node.js-specific API. For browsers, it seems like they should have a platform-independent JavaScript/TypeScript API that includes a WebAssembly file (if needed) instead of expecting you to compile WebAssembly yourself.

Not touching JavaScript might be a reason enough. (Though I bet it has a Typescript API, and Typescript is great.)

Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by klooj »

shermantanktop wrote: post #2

This is interesting as an example of just how complicated and elaborate a toolchain you can use to build something dead simple. There’s a lot that comes for free by adding all these libraries and crates and steps. But from what I can tell it comes down to: let _ = if fan_on { fan.set_high() } else { fan.set_low() };

iroh is a peer to peer networking technology so the project example of controlling a fan isn't so much about the fan but rather that it's controllable from anywhere through an esp32 microcontroller that can maintain a resilient connection endpoint even through power cycles and so on. I think iroh was posted about on HN a few weeks ago and I had a similar reaction of like...what in the world is this blog post even saying haha. But I found their docs page and found it pretty fascinating learning! https://docs.iroh.computer/what-is-iroh

Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by croes »

nine_k wrote: post #4
skybrian wrote: post #3

It's unclear to me why they needed to compile Rust to WebAssembly to write a website. It looks like iroh has a JavaScript API: https://docs.iroh.computer/languages/javascript Edit: actually, that's a Node.js-specific API. For browsers, it seems like they should have a platform-independent JavaScript/TypeScript API that includes a WebAssembly file (if needed) instead of expecting you to compile WebAssembly yourself.

Not touching JavaScript might be a reason enough. (Though I bet it has a Typescript API, and Typescript is great.)

Typescript is nothing without JavaScript

Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by rwmj »

klooj wrote: post #5
shermantanktop wrote: post #2

This is interesting as an example of just how complicated and elaborate a toolchain you can use to build something dead simple. There’s a lot that comes for free by adding all these libraries and crates and steps. But from what I can tell it comes down to: let _ = if fan_on { fan.set_high() } else { fan.set_low() };

iroh is a peer to peer networking technology so the project example of controlling a fan isn't so much about the fan but rather that it's controllable from anywhere through an esp32 microcontroller that can maintain a resilient connection endpoint even through power cycles and so on. I think iroh was posted about on HN a few weeks ago and I had a similar reaction of like...what in the world is this blog post even say…

I use a fan with an on/off button.

Re: An iroh powered smart fan

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Post by Alien1Being »

I use a inexpensive 36 AUD Tapo infrared hub to control my fan reliably.

It links to my Google Home installation and responds to voice commands.

https://us.store.tapo.com/products/tapo-h110-smart-ir-iot-hu...

Someone with too much time on their hands might benefit from the iroh solution....

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