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In my country, 2 decades ago there are were plenty of people who knew the basics. Today, it feels like a lost art.

I would like to approach it as a hobby, not like electronic engineer level, but enough to debug problem and change components to a low level.

What is the pragmatic approach in this mission? I reckon it will be valuable in the future that comes.

It seems all the currents ways of configuring Raspberry Pi wifi through the phone are based in captive portals. At the same time, it looks like browsers, starting by Chrome are restrincting more and more any use but the standard.

I am concerned, that having a product based on this, and been a headless system, at some point they will lose suddenly the ability to be connected to wifi, making it unusable.

Any thought? Are they going to go that far?

I just discovered, in the pursuit of my entrepreneurial journey and in my thirties that I am terrible. Worst that I thought It could be. This leads to procrastination and being exhausted all the time. Sometimes I don't even know what should I work on

Those who fixed this problem late in life. What did you do?

I have a project kiosk-like Using raspberry Pi. Every time I set one up, I have to connect manually internet through wifi (using keyboard). I was wondering if there is something to do the whole thing with the phone, similar to how chromecast does it.

I heard captive portals are in the way to extinction and are harder to use due to Google restrictions in Android for security.

Any idea? How would you do it?

Hi guys, I have been developing a digital signage projects aimed at restaurants and bars. It's all done by me. It is basic in the way that is a 32" screen that show at each time of the day the most desired products to sell. Each product is showed with a professional studio photography gastronomically optimized . Prices can be changed at any time and the whole thing is automated and unattended.

When I contact prospects I try communicate the potential to make more money from the same clients, but of course I can't tell specific numbers or ROI and this is frustrating me. I am designing now the sales process and would appreciate help from experienced fellows.

How would you approach this challenge?

Hi guys,

I have a project consisting in a network of Smart Kiosks powered by Raspberry Pi each one. It is an amateur project in the way that I am just an amateur trying to make stuff.

Right now, when I want to add a new node (kiosk TV), I will connect manually to wifi.

Obviously this represents a variety of problems, so I'm looking for solutions.

I'm thinking of creating an open wifi network without internet (hotspot), and from there a password protected page to insert your internet wifi credentials (like in routers)

So, It should:

- Have this second network permanently open - redirect any page to this config page - Have the necessary processes to detect wifis and set a new connection profile that will be the new default.

Where do I start? Any blindspot or better way?

I have been thinking these lasts months about moving to render. Mostly to keep my life simple. Then, I heard something about changing prices, and learning more, I found:

"Egress bandwidth usage beyond a plan’s free allowance (100GB) will be charged at $30 per additional block of 100 GB. This is necessary to cover our costs for global bandwidth and DDoS protection. Inbound bandwidth is still free."

How is this in any way a good deal?

I am in Hetzner right, where first 20.000 GB Are free and then €1.21 for every additional 1000 GB in traffic. I'm not talking about the CPU costs, or its management but how at this point I consider that irrelevant.

What do you think?