Andy Piper

Creative Technologist. Freelance #DevRel at #Mastodon. Friendly DEV moderator. LEGO fan. IoT hacker. MicroPython tinkerer.

Kingston upon Thames, London, UK Joined on Dec 30, 2017 https://andypiper.omg.lol

Education

Modern History, Brasenose College, Oxford

Pronouns

he/they

Work

Freelance consultant; DevRel at Mastodon gGmbH; open to opportunities.

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

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...

MicroPython, Mastodon API, 3D Printing

Hardware hacks (Pi/Arduino/ESP32), Cheerlights, Mastodon (& Fediverse) APIs

Always happy to talk APIs in general! I'm also passionate about developer communities, and learning to code.

44 posts published

625 comments written

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Andy Piper

Sep 11 '23

Social bookmarks in the Fediverse

#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia #glitch

5 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 22 '23

Thoughts on Dev Rel in the post-Twitter era

#devrel #twitter #community #mastodon

7 min read

Andy Piper

Nov 22 '22

A 🦣 opportunity for developers

#mastodon #activitypub #html #python

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5 min read

Andy Piper

Mar 19

My new personal/business cards

#devrel #career #freelance

3 min read

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Andy Piper

Dec 27 '23

Six (and a bit) months on Team Mastodon

#fediverse #mastodon #devrel

4 min read

Andy Piper

Oct 6 '23

DevRel in the era of “Community Everywhere”

#community #devrel #mastodon

3 min read

Andy Piper

Sep 25 '23

Tech in the tent

#micropython #travel #iot

4 min read

Andy Piper

Jun 12 '23

Improving Mastodon developer documentation

#mastodon #devrel #api #documentation

5 min read

Andy Piper

Apr 22 '23

Getting arty with a Pi

#raspberrypi #art #python #maker

4 min read

Andy Piper

Apr 10 '23

Supporting Fediverse developer communities

#fediverse #activitypub #devrel #w3c

4 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 29 '23

Analysing which Mastodon apps I've used

#mastodon #python #datascience

3 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 1 '23

I'm on the Honours List! 🎉

#opensource #award #recognition #career

1 min read

Andy Piper

Nov 14 '22

MicroPython: EuroPython 2022, PyScript, Arduino, and more! 🎁

#micropython #python #arduino #webassembly

4 min read

Andy Piper

Sep 21 '22

Talking tech, Open Source, and community (over coffee)

#opensource #podcast #career #devrel

2 min read

Andy Piper for XDevelopers

Aug 15 '22

Get a video URL from Twitter API v2

5 min read

Andy Piper

Jul 9 '22

What I've been doing in 2022 (so far)

#community #opensource #devrel #emfcamp

9 min read

Andy Piper for XDevelopers

Jul 5 '22

Evolving the Twitter API

4 min read

Andy Piper

Jul 4 '22

Discovery and Twitter API v2

#twitter #badges #sdks #api

7 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 28 '22

Happy 10th Birthday, Raspberry Pi!

#raspberrypi #linux #python #programming

2 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 17 '22

What coding language do you want to learn this year, and why?

#discuss #watercooler #programming #devrel

2 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 14 '22

Using I2C in MicroPython 🌡

#esp32 #micropython #i2c #sensors

6 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 14 '22

Some housekeeping (why I help as a mod)

#moderation #community #metadata #github

3 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 8 '22

In today’s mail… swag!

#watercooler #gear #stickers #laptop

1 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 6 '22

Making a "CheerDot" with MicroPython

#esp32 #micropython #cheerlights #mqtt

6 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 6 '22

Shortcut to check Cheerlights

#cheerlights #shortcuts #ios

3 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 3 '22

Bringing the bling 🌟 with MicroPython 🐍

#micropython #esp32 #neopixels #programming

5 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 29 '22

What do you do when Stack Overflow is down?

#discuss #watercooler

1 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 21 '22

Weekend tech plans?

#discuss #weekend #coding #hardware

2 min read

Andy Piper for XDevelopers

Jan 20 '22

Getting the follower count from Twitter API v2

5 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 14 '22

What resources help you to learn a new API?

#discuss #api #learning #twitter

2 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 10 '22

Classic programming books ⌨️ 📚 available for free

#basic #books #education #inspiration

3 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 5 '22

My Developer Advocacy Origin Story

#devrel #career #culture

2 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 3 '22

Share your laptop stickers!

#watercooler #stickers #laptop #gear

1 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 3 '22

Building a compact Pi cluster

#raspberrypi #cluster #linux #cheerlights

6 min read

Andy Piper

Dec 3 '21

Have fun, and contribute to Open Source, with 24 Pull Requests! 🎁

#contributorswanted #programming #github #24pullrequests

3 min read

Andy Piper

Nov 27 '21

A quick Glitch bio break!

#glitch #webdev #vite #pwa

7 min read

Andy Piper

Feb 16 '21

I made a Wi-Fi controlled Owl lamp

#hacking #wled #hardware #esp8266

3 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 24 '21

Raspberry Pi Pico - getting excited about the smallest things!

#raspberrypi #micropython #microcontroller #pico

3 min read

Andy Piper

Jan 24 '21

twurl on an iPad? Yes, I can!

2 min read

Andy Piper

Nov 29 '20

Upgrading my WFH desk setup

#watercooler #workstations

6 min read

Andy Piper for XDevelopers

Jun 10 '20

Getting to the canonical URL for a Tweet

3 min read

Andy Piper

Mar 30 '20

Tracking your project / GH todos...

#discuss #tools #productivity #planning

1 min read

Andy Piper for XDevelopers

Jul 29 '19

How to use twurl to quickly test the Twitter API

4 min read

Andy Piper

May 11 '19

Handling change as a Developer Advocate

#devrel #career #conferences #talks

1 min read

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