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		xyst 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $30 Homebrew Automated Blinds Opener (2024) Person just wanted to automate a few "dumb" appliances but ended up building his own system (software and hardware) to do this. I wish I had time to bike shed like this. Just learning, tinkering, and enjoying life.

quesera 6 months ago [–]

That's puttering, tinkering, or experimenting. It's a good thing.

Bikeshedding is wasting time on trivial and pointless efforts or discussions. It's a bad thing. :)

https://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/bikeshed/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

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