MeshCore with Heltec: offline communication and Home Assistant

1. What is MeshCore?

MeshCore is an open-source (MIT), LoRa-based mesh networking protocol and firmware ecosystem for secure, infrastructure-free, text-first communication. It was created by Scott Powell (Ripple Radios, Australia) with Andy Kirby (UK) and Liam Cottle (NZ); the project launched in early 2025.

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Automatically sync RunKeeper activities to a self-hosted Workout-Tracker

If you’ve been using RunKeeper by ASICS to track your runs, walks, and cycling activities but want to move to a self-hosted solution, this guide is for you. I’ll show you how to automatically sync your RunKeeper activities to a self-hosted Workout-Tracker instance.

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How We Built an AI Usage Report for Our OpenCode Platform

We built a custom HTML report generator that extracts AI usage statistics from OpenCode (sessions, tokens, costs, MCP tool calls) and delivers it daily via email. The data comes from two sources — a REST API for session-level metrics and direct SQLite access for MCP tool call telemetry.

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