Andy Piper
Creative Technologist.Freelance #DevRel at #Mastodon.Friendly DEV moderator. LEGO fan. IoT hacker. MicroPython tinkerer.
Education
Modern History, Brasenose College, Oxford
Pronouns
he/they
Work
Freelance consultant; DevRel at Mastodon gGmbH; open to opportunities.
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GitHub Repositories
fivebyfive
Polyglot examples for the 01Space ESP32-C3FH4-RGB board
Python• 35 stars
mastodon-embeds-examples
Examples of different ways to embed Mastodon timelines (and posts/toots) in HTML
CSS• 13 stars
ada-macropad
The configuration for my Adafruit Macropad RP2040
Python• 6 stars
mpy-rp2040-lcd
MicroPython on RP2040 with LCD displays
Python• 5 stars
my-glitch-in-bio
A link in bio site, based on the Glitch in Bio template, on Glitch
HTML• 4 stars
awesome-micropython
A curated list of awesome MicroPython libraries, frameworks, software and resources.
Fork HTML• 1 star
handy-scripts
Some shell scripts that I use
Shell
pybricks-fun
Playing with PyBricks and MicroPython
Python
Skills/Languages
Generally capable across a range of languages... grew up on BBC BASIC and C, migrated into PHP, Java, Python, JS etc. with side dabblings in Perl, Ruby, Swift, Go and others...
Currently learning
MicroPython, Mastodon API, 3D Printing, pen plotting, p5.js
Currently hacking on
Hardware hacks (Pi/Arduino/ESP32), pen plotting, Cheerlights, Mastodon (& Fediverse) APIs
Available for
Always happy to talk APIs in general! I'm also passionate about developer communities, and learning to code.
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