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Add a "physical" Smart Button To Your Next Project

Wassim Chegham on July 19, 2019

Recently I had an idea that I wanted to explore: what if I could build a real button and make it trigger ANYTHING using simply an URL (webhook)? I...

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Isaac Lyman • Jul 19 '19

I've always wanted to build a big red lever that would run "git push".

I mean big. Like, I'd have to mount it on the wall and the hinge would squeal and hiss when you pull it. That would make my job so epic.

This post looks like a great place to get started.

megazear7 • Jul 19 '19

While I worked at a certain consulting agency, every time we did a production deployment we played The Imperial March from Star Wars. Epic stress is better than mundane stress haha.

Elliot Derhay • Jul 20 '19

First shell script line supposed to be #!/bin/bash or #!/bin/sh?

Anyway, this looks like a really fun gadget. Wish I could make one myself (don't have the parts and, quite frankly, afraid I'll break them during assembly).

Thanks for sharing!

tPenguinLTG • Jul 20 '19

I'm inclined to believe that #!/bin/ash is correct. ash is the Almquist shell, which is often used in embedded systems because it's small and fast.

Elliot Derhay • Jul 20 '19

Ah didn't know that! Thanks! And that does make sense for this application.

Ben Halpern • Jul 19 '19

Your turn...

This is such a great post and I promise to give it a try! My whole life in tech is finding stuff like this super cool and never following through. But this time will be different, I swear!

Wassim Chegham • Jul 19 '19

Oh wow! I'm so excited to hear that! Please let me know if you need any more details about the setup. I did skip some parts on purpose to keep this post as short as possible. But I am happy to provide even more details if needed.

Looking forward to seeing what you are gonna build 😍