Firesphere's musings
Firesphere's musings
Simon Erkelens
I'm a professional web developer with extensive knowledge of Silverstripe, secure web development, Laravel and Symfony, as well as security engineer. I also work with Python, and MicroPython, on a pile of Raspberry Pis and Arduinos. Most of my development work is publicly available on GitHub and Codeberg.
Latest Posts
Remove your Panasonic airconditioning unit from the Panasonic Cloud and connect it to Home Assistant to have full control of your heatpump locally, without using a cloud service. Requires some soldering and parts that are easy to...
AI and LLM are taking a front seat in the marketing hype bubble. It is destroying lives and reducing cognitive abilities from humans. This is why I am not a fan of the bubble. I lay out my initial thoughts and regularly update the...
Using PyInfra to provision and set-up servers and Raspberry Pi systems, as well as workstations. Using Linux and Python to automate the updating and control of docker containers, required packages, and other dependencies for any system...
Some thoughts about Rust, the programming language, after starting to experiment with it and how it can be used in daily life. Some limitations and learnings, and comparisons against other programming languages. Including Go, PHP, Python.