When you want to connect an IoT device to anything (or, for that matter, anything to anything), you should take a serious look at Node-RED, a free, open source visual process wiring system from IBM ...

*Here's an IBM internet-of-things coder cooking up some "flows that make flows," which seems like a nice, recursive, coder-style thing to do nowadays. *I take the trouble to post this because, when ...

Using Home Assistant for smart home automation is for the brave. Want to make the IoT systems work with Home Assistant? You've got to put in some hours and embrace the learning curve. If you're game ...

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Tech projects for IT leaders: How to use RESTful APIs with Node-RED Your email has been sent While you might be familiar with APIs, we'll get into how they work and how they can be used in this tech ...