npub16v…meqha on Nostr: I plan on expanding functionality of the #meshtastic bot every week or two. I have ...

I plan on expanding functionality of the #meshtastic bot every week or two.

I have regular hangouts with fellow hackers where we apl work on our own projects, sometimes collaborate and always kibitz, and this is the perfect type of project. Small, simple, doesn't require much concentration, tolerant of constant interruption due to comments from the peanut gallery, can make tiny iterative changes. 👨‍🍳💋

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I managed to write a #meshtastic simple bot in a night.

It is Python code that runs on a computer and uses a Meshtastic node connected via serial.

DM it commands and it'll DM you responses.

Currently the only real command is /wiki TOPIC which will search wikipedia for TOPIC, and give you the first 200 bytes of the wikipedia page that is the closest match.

Allows a tiny research if you're out and about with a meshtastic mode but without a cellphone (or at least cell data service).

I plan on briding it to my self-hosted Matrix server next. And someday, I'd like to have a local copy of wikipedia so that will also work without the internet. The sky is the limit, as long as we don't want to send much data. LOL