HFOD

Meeting 12: Siraaj Needs a Break

Item and Effect Creation in Minecraft

by Tigran Khandkar

Custom super-powerful items in Minecraft using command scripts and scoreboards.
Manchester Makerspace's Custom Doorbell

by Kevin

A networked and remote doorbell and surveillance system for the Manchester Makerspace.

References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP32
- https://docs.platformio.org/en/stable/boards/espressif32/lolin32_lite.html
PiHole and self-hosted DNS

by Lisa

Using PiHole to control DNS resolution, monitoring ads and tracking requests from apps as well as potentially blacklisting sites and providing fine-grained parental controls.

References
- https://pi-hole.net/
Unreal's Blueprint visual scripting

by Kyle Roucis

Visual scripting's sordid history and Epic's bizarre but seemingly successful creation and adoption of its Blueprints visual scripting system.
Rust Web Service from Scratch

by Jack Jutzi

A learning email newsletter and web service written from scratch in the Rust programming language.

Artifacts
- https://github.com/jsjutzi/rust-zero-backend
Easy Self-hosted Maps.

by Daniel Krol

Using Sandstorm to host your own Google Maps replacement with collaborative trip planning and more!

Artifacts
- https://github.com/orblivion/sandstorm-share-a-map
References
- https://sandstorm.io/