esphome take a yaml description and generates μC code from a wealth of pre-existing libraries and frameworks (platformio, etc). That makes it not just ideal for DIY home-automation but also for building quick and dirty proof of concepts.
The only downside being, it's hard to integrate esphome into anything without a WIFI connection.
The only know exception so far, being modbus.
This custom component allows an esphome to be controlled via an extremely simple serial protocol. One single character triggers one single action.
One should point out that hackerspaces in netherlands, germany, austria, switzerland, etc are usually quite aware and observant of fire safety, etc.
Hackerspace organisers are usually confronted several times a year with this topic when they meet up for bigger events and have to deal with getting the local fire departments approval for buildups.
This is terrible :-(
I imagine re-building a hackerspace that organically accumulated infrastructure over years and years is going to be a hard task. You have my sympathies and donation: https://www.pixelbar.nl/
Sven was always welcome in our hackerspace. We never had any reason to find fault with him.
Having known him, I can certainly imagine him hurting for companionship and being awkward about it.
Surprise, Sven was an imperfect human, just like everybody else.
Personally though I've NEVER observed him behaving in this way and being on the watch for such things, I would surely have talked to him about it.
Despite the problems he had to deal with (or choose to ignore ;->) (not talking about the stuff above), he dedicated his life to improve things around him the best way he could see fit.
If you had a problem with Sven and were happy enough to not speak up when he was alive,
why raise this issue only now that he is dead?
We are honouring Sven's contributions so others are inspired to be similarly helpful.
It truth this is somewhat independent of Sven as a whole. But by dragging the person he was through the mud,
you are not helping anybody or achieving anything for society.
Sven was a great guy. He lived to help people and he most loved to help people be more productive with CL text tools :-) He never lost his goal and drive and bright attitude, even when he was less than happy to be forced to move due to Berlin's housing price crisis. He's the reason I and a great many people are very happy or even happier tmux and zsh and vim users and I'll never forget the few times he visited us or we visited him.
The world needs more people like him and it's a shame that the world does not take better care of people who give their all to it.
The only downside being, it's hard to integrate esphome into anything without a WIFI connection. The only know exception so far, being modbus.
This custom component allows an esphome to be controlled via an extremely simple serial protocol. One single character triggers one single action.