Casey Liss

Then I can have the Raspberry Pi that's upstairs in the bedroom listen for those messages, and it can turn the LED on or off, which means that now I don't need my garage Raspberry Pi. And so it has been officially decommissioned as of earlier today. And at this point, Marco, if you would like to insert taps, please feel free. Wow. I am down to only one Raspberry Pi and two Docker images.

Then I can have the Raspberry Pi that's upstairs in the bedroom listen for those messages, and it can turn the LED on or off, which means that now I don't need my garage Raspberry Pi. And so it has been officially decommissioned as of earlier today. And at this point, Marco, if you would like to insert taps, please feel free. Wow. I am down to only one Raspberry Pi and two Docker images.

I think it does. I understand the question. I forget what it is. It's a 1621+. So it's not the original one that we had all gotten years ago. I'd gotten this a couple of years ago now, maybe a year and a half ago.

I think it does. I understand the question. I forget what it is. It's a 1621+. So it's not the original one that we had all gotten years ago. I'd gotten this a couple of years ago now, maybe a year and a half ago.

I don't know if I would go that far, but your point is fair. But I'm running, let's see, right now I am running, where is it? Oh, there are 22 Docker containers that are on my Synology, of which 20 are running at the moment. And it's fine. Like, it really is fine. It's fine. It's fine.

I don't know if I would go that far, but your point is fair. But I'm running, let's see, right now I am running, where is it? Oh, there are 22 Docker containers that are on my Synology, of which 20 are running at the moment. And it's fine. Like, it really is fine. It's fine. It's fine.

But in any case, I have now, thanks to MQTT, and I'm using Mosquito, which is the particular implementation of MQTT, I have decommissioned one of my Rube Goldberg Raspberry Pis.

But in any case, I have now, thanks to MQTT, and I'm using Mosquito, which is the particular implementation of MQTT, I have decommissioned one of my Rube Goldberg Raspberry Pis.

Yeah, pretty much. And it's not relying on UDP, which I think is an improvement as well.

Yeah, pretty much. And it's not relying on UDP, which I think is an improvement as well.

I mean, nothing. It just seems so old and janky by comparison.

I mean, nothing. It just seems so old and janky by comparison.

It just feels jankier to me. Anyone want to do the joke? You want to do the joke? I don't know what joke you're talking about, so no, I don't want to do the joke.

It just feels jankier to me. Anyone want to do the joke? You want to do the joke? I don't know what joke you're talking about, so no, I don't want to do the joke.

Oh, there it is. Well done. Well done. Wow. Yeah, well, and MQTT does run on TCP. In any case, what this has now created, though, other than probably more problems and certainly a complete time suck, is now I want to do something different. And I know you two are going to make fun of me and I don't care, but I need help.

Oh, there it is. Well done. Well done. Wow. Yeah, well, and MQTT does run on TCP. In any case, what this has now created, though, other than probably more problems and certainly a complete time suck, is now I want to do something different. And I know you two are going to make fun of me and I don't care, but I need help.

And I was talking to my good friend, Eric Wielander, who has a phenomenal YouTube channel about smart home stuff, especially HomeKit, but not exclusively HomeKit. And I was talking to him and he came up with a couple of pretty good options, but I haven't come up with a perfect option. What I think I want to do is, is I want to have a very low-tech in-home status board.

And I was talking to my good friend, Eric Wielander, who has a phenomenal YouTube channel about smart home stuff, especially HomeKit, but not exclusively HomeKit. And I was talking to him and he came up with a couple of pretty good options, but I haven't come up with a perfect option. What I think I want to do is, is I want to have a very low-tech in-home status board.

So what I want is like three LEDs. Now, I think the terminal that Marco has, the little e-ink thing, I think it could serve this purpose. I could write my own custom thing for it. And to be honest, I might end up going that route because I don't know if we spoke about it on the show, but Terminal was kind enough to offer John and I freebies basically because of Marco's hard work.

So what I want is like three LEDs. Now, I think the terminal that Marco has, the little e-ink thing, I think it could serve this purpose. I could write my own custom thing for it. And to be honest, I might end up going that route because I don't know if we spoke about it on the show, but Terminal was kind enough to offer John and I freebies basically because of Marco's hard work.