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Losant Blog
Company blog · losant.com/bloghardwareprogramming
Losant Blog is the company blog at losant.com, writing about hardware and programming. Since 2016, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-30, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Losant's blog for guides on Raspberry Pi setup and ESP8266 board comparisons in IoT projects. Commenters cite its posts as sources or setup references.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
I basically followed this guide for the web camera parts: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-webcam-server/ I setup my pi without keyboard and monitor (ssh only), and used this guide to set it up itself: https://www.losant.com/blog/getting-started-with-the-raspber... Here's the list of my hardware: https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-wireless.html https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-camera-v2-8mp.html
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on “A lesson in wireless engineering from the Raspberry Pi”Submitted Show HN: Losant Kiln – The easiest way to build APIs for IoT applications as a story · 11 points
HN discussionThere is startup near me called losant[1] that pretty much does this. Their protocol is basically MQTT with a few small additions so if they /did/ shut down it wouldn't be quite as difficult to get up and running. Unfortunately all of the neat IFTTT style stuff is all on their servers. They don't have nearly as many inputs and ouputs as IFTTT yet, but it is still enough to do some pretty neat stuff. They have also m…
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on “Google rolls out “If This Then That” support for its $200 OnHub router”Submitted Show HN: Losant Go – Mobile App to Turn a Phone into an IoT Button as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHere's a few decent breakdowns of the various boards and features[1][2][3]. With the ESP8266 chip, you have a lot of board options! [1] https://www.losant.com/blog/top-6-esp8266-modules [2] https://openhomeautomation.net/choose-esp8266-module/ [3] http://www.esp8266.com/wiki/doku.php?id=esp8266-module-famil...
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on “Build your own hackable automated cat feeder for $20”Submitted No company is going to own IoT, so please stop trying as a story · 4 points
HN discussionTerrible domain name, and claims on the home page are demonstrably false; https://www.losant.com has a GUI for building your IOT-connected workflows. There are others: http://www.postscapes.com/internet-of-things-platforms/ Also: https://io.adafruit.com is nice for hobbyist projects.
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on “Cayenne – Drag-and-drop IoT project builder”Submitted How to Grow Food with the Internet of Things as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Speech Synthesis on a Raspberry Pi Using Node.js as a story · 1 points
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HN discussionSubmitted An IoT program to improve STEM education as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Input/Output – A new program to help improve STEM education as a story · 1 points
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