From: Neil Cherry <ncherry@linuxha.com>
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Subject: Re: [EE]: How to find & hire firmware people
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On 11/18/20 2:50 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 4:30 PM Neil Cherry <ncherry@linuxha.com> wrote:
>=20
>> This terminology is getting worse and having less meaning. Serverless
>> servers?
>=20
>=20
> Actually "Serverless"  is a pretty accurate term, and I'm starting to
> experiment with it with MQTT messaging from the embedded world.

Technically I've been doing something like that since x10d. I view a server
as the software providing a service, There is always a physical computer bu=
t,
as you pointed out, it's virtual.

BTW, love using MQTT and Node-Red with my Home Automation (IOT). MQTT is at
the center of all communication. Add a little HA Proxy, local DNS, DHCP and
cheap SBC (Raspberry Pi's with SSD) and I have a nice redundant network. :-=
)
Sorry no outside cloud services. Too dang nosey, so I don't talk to my HA.

My wife is a more difficult customer than the financial institutions I use
have as a Network SE.

> least at the low end it's cheaper than running a full server infrastructu=
re
> for services like this.   Plus you don't have to think about how you're
> going to manage the underlying services.

This is true, but I've retained control and there are some parts that I nee=
d
at home anyway.

And to stay on track, I'm working on getting the above documented and added
to my notebooks. I have a lot of old scripts I patched to MQTT that I need
to document. A few of the weather scripts broken when Weather Underground
stopped offering access to the data.

--=20
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http://www.linuxha.com/                         Main site
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Author of:    	Linux Smart Homes For Dummies
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