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4.4 KiB
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116 lines
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HTML
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<title>Anthony's First Slip: The Great Espresso Flood of 2019</title>
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<h1>The Great Espresso Flood of 2019</h1>
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<div class="coffee-cup">☕️💦</div>
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<h2>The Setup</h2>
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<p>It was 2019. I was deep into the "Internet of Things" phase of my life. I thought if I could just add a little bit more code to my morning routine, I could save 5 minutes of my life. So, I decided to build a smart coffee maker.</p>
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<p>The plan was simple: A Raspberry Pi, a relay board, a coffee maker, and a whole lot of confidence. The goal? To wake me up at 7 AM with a fresh cup of coffee, ready and waiting.</p>
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<h2>The Slip</h2>
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<p>Here's the thing about relays and water: they don't always play nice. I wired the relay to control the coffee maker's power. Simple, right? Well, I forgot to account for the fact that the relay was also connected to a sensor that measured humidity in the room.</p>
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<p>Long story short, the humidity sensor malfunctioned, and instead of brewing coffee, it triggered the water reservoir to dump its entire contents onto my kitchen floor. A gallon of espresso beans and water, all over my hardwood floors.</p>
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<h2>The Lesson</h2>
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<p>That flood taught me more about system architecture than any course I've ever taken. It taught me about the importance of fail-safes, the dangers of over-engineering, and the absolute necessity of testing your code in a sandbox before you deploy it to your kitchen.</p>
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<div class="quote">
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"Every mistake is a door to a room you never knew existed."
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</div>
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<h2>The Code</h2>
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<p>Here's a snippet of the code that almost drowned my kitchen:</p>
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<div class="code-block">
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<pre>
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def brew_coffee():
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if humidity_sensor.read() > 80:
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print("It's raining inside! Let's make some coffee!")
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relay.turn_on() # Big mistake.
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time.sleep(300) # 5 minutes of brewing... and flooding.
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relay.turn_off()
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print("Coffee's ready! Oh wait, my kitchen is now a pool.")
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</pre>
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</div>
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<h2>The Aftermath</h2>
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<p>I spent the next three days mopping up espresso and trying to salvage my hardwood floors. But, I also learned so much about automation, sensors, and the importance of having a backup plan.</p>
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<h2>Check Out My Other Pages</h2>
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<p>Want to see more of my adventures? Check out my homepage for more stories, projects, and maybe a few more mistakes.</p>
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<a href="index.html">Visit My Homepage</a>
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Built with ❤️ and a lot of coffee in Minneapolis, MN.
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