@tom.developer: Ever thought about building your own API for your house? 🏠 That’s what I’m doing, and to make it as functional as possible, I need to build some hardware that allows me to do things like: - Turn on light switches 💡 - Detect people 🧍‍♂️ - Change the temperature 🔥 And much more! Today I got started by building version one of an automated light switch that I can control directly through an API endpoint. What should I build next for this project? 👀 Also just as a disclaimer, the reason I'm holding the servo motor in the test clip is because I haven't figured out a way to mount the servo to the switch yet (I'm not cheating 😂)

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jeb3518
jeb3518 :
There is no need to reinvent the wheel. There are open-source software options and reliable hardware like hvac, lights, security and so on.
2026-05-20 00:36:02
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mark84918
Mark :
super cool. I'm actually building this as a product specifically targeted at elderly care. I originally wrote it in node, with sqlite as a backend, but I've moved to rust, and written my own cut down mqtt server, with a nice web frontend, and full local API. I wanted to see if I could move from a rpi cm5 to an esp32, and it looks like I can. it's still early days but it cuts my product cost by any £60. keep it up, I'd be very interested how you get on
2026-05-14 14:54:09
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keenontech5
KeenOnTech :
Why not use a Shelly or sonoff switch?
2026-07-10 00:03:01
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nhr.dev
Nowshad Hossain :
what about esp32?
2026-05-19 03:36:45
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