Fletcher Nichol
@fnichol.com
Principal engineer at System Initiative @systeminit.com
Systems, infrastructure, programming, home automation, smiling, open source, cycling
Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦
Systems, infrastructure, programming, home automation, smiling, open source, cycling
Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦
Honestly, if I could figure out how to make *this* a little more a part of my working day…some days the creativity flows like water out on the “road desk”
June 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Honestly, if I could figure out how to make *this* a little more a part of my working day…some days the creativity flows like water out on the “road desk”
Do I have a problem? I can stop anytime I want to. But now that you mention it, maybe the garage could use some yummy @mikrotik.social power-over-ethernet…
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Do I have a problem? I can stop anytime I want to. But now that you mention it, maybe the garage could use some yummy @mikrotik.social power-over-ethernet…
Happy New, y'all! Back at it with the parallel building of all Rust binaries in the monorepo!
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Happy New, y'all! Back at it with the parallel building of all Rust binaries in the monorepo!
Happy holidays everyone! Here was my Christmas Eve project: custom LED signs for the kids. Black vinyl cut with Cricut, acrylic diffuser aluminum channel, individually addressable LED strips, driven by a small ESP32 controller running WLED with audio reactivity.
December 25, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Happy holidays everyone! Here was my Christmas Eve project: custom LED signs for the kids. Black vinyl cut with Cricut, acrylic diffuser aluminum channel, individually addressable LED strips, driven by a small ESP32 controller running WLED with audio reactivity.
Silent night, soldering night. Last bit of work, this Santa’s still pushing
December 25, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Silent night, soldering night. Last bit of work, this Santa’s still pushing
Some work-in-progress
November 17, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Some work-in-progress
Weekend vibes (staying at a rental with friends)
November 9, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Weekend vibes (staying at a rental with friends)
Still no snow, ride til the end!
November 7, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Still no snow, ride til the end!
So again, open source software & local control: this is the way.
October 26, 2024 at 12:07 AM
So again, open source software & local control: this is the way.
Having a carbon dioxide monitor helps explain a LOT about how I’ve felt in the past after a work day. Here’s today: can you guess when my dog came into the office and the door closed??
October 25, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Having a carbon dioxide monitor helps explain a LOT about how I’ve felt in the past after a work day. Here’s today: can you guess when my dog came into the office and the door closed??