Git automation, either in the form of Gitlab pipelines or Github actions, is amazing. It enables you to automate a lot of software maintenance tasks (testing, monitoring, mirroring repositories, generating documentation, building and distributing packages etc.) that until a couple of years ago used to take a lot of development…

An updated version of this story is available on the Platypush blog. Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a while since my last article. …

An updated version of this article is available on the Platypush blog. I’ve always been a supporter of well-curated newsletters. They give me an opportunity to get a good overview of what happened in the fields I follow within a span of a day, a week or a month. However…

How the Platypush web extension makes it easy to customize your browser and connect things together — An updated version of this article is available on the Platypush blog. Once upon a time, there was a worldwide web where web extensions were still new toys to play with and the major browsers that supported them (namely Firefox and Chrome) didn’t mind providing them with very wide access…

Keeping track of the derived metrics that matter on your own RaspberryPi — We’re living in relatively unprecedented times, as none of those alive today (except the few that were around in 1918) have gone through a pandemic in any point of their lives. It means that, more than in any other scenario, there is a compelling reason for collecting as much data…

An overview of current solutions and integrations — An updated version of this article is available on the Platypush blog. A while ago I wrote an article that describes how to make your own Google-based voice assistant using just a RaspberryPi, platypush, a speaker and a microphone. It also showed how to make your own custom hotword model…

An updated version of this article is available on the Platypush blog. Home automation comes with plenty of potential to make our lives easier. But in order to succeed in its task, it often requires you to fill your house with bridges that can connect your smart devices to your…

The power of Raspberry Pi and Telegram — An updated version of this article is available for free on the Platypush blog. You’ve got your smart home fully set up. You regularly like to show off with your friends how cool it is to turn on light bulbs, play videos and movies with a hint to your voice…

If there’s a lesson worth learning from history, it’s that the course history has been mainly shaped by the struggle between competition and cooperation among human beings. …