Since we're all doing #introductions and I just put all this thought into my bio, I'm going to cheat a bit:
he/him
Software, Sailing, Science and assorted Geekery in the US Pacific Northwest.
#FinTech by day, #SignalK by night. #RPGs and #StarTrek when I can.
Some professional interests:
#CSharp #rust #FunctionalProgramming #DistributedSoftware #FSharp #EmbeddedSoftware #apl #haskell
Some other fun:
#sailing #photography #scuba #GoodTrouble #physics #SalishSea #ecology #ComputationalPhysics
@vadian welcome! (The rust hashtag brought me here, so that worked.)
@finity good to meet you! I've just recently started learning rust, and I adore the language so far. I'm pretty interested in embedded boat hardware and category theory, I'm working through Category Theory for Programmers using rust as my language, which is good fun.
I've also been working on a rust implementation of the signalk server for raspi, and signalk data producers on ESP32/Pi Pico. In that no-std rust arena so far I've made a Pico that flashes Morse code of messages from serial.
@vadian lol, it sounds really cool to have boat stuff to work on. The whole AIS thing is interesting to me, but not something I get to mess with regularly.
@finity I'm looking forward to deep diving into AIS at some point in the next year or two. So far, I've mainly been working on sensor data (temp, bilge pump cycling/flow, battery levels, etc), because I want to make sure the thing doesn't sink when I'm away! See also: cleats being ripped from our dock in a windstorm Friday. Also, sensors are a simple enough domain to figure out while also learning no-std rust!
@vadian ah, I saw that photo. The "sensors while you're away" problem reminds me of this cool tool:
About $100 and it can send telemetry to the cloud via cell network with no monthly fee. Dev kit comes with battery backup and temperature/humidity sensor. I needed to integrate it with a current sensor and it was awesomely simple. https://blog.notmet.net/2022/02/power-sensor/
@finity fun project! Definite "if it ain't broke don't fix it" vibes with the incandescents. Thanks for the links, I have a feeling I'm about to have another dev board shopping spree!
I'm somewhat shocked that they are able to offer a free data plan. That's excellent, and with up to 100 devices, that allows for a local hub-free network model, and that's excellent for what I'd like to do.