The latest articles on DEV Community by Ben Lebherz (@benleb). https://dev.to/benleb https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F258785%2F0c215c3b-fb69-4fb6-a765-e43cdee5c0b3.jpeg https://dev.to/benleb en Ben Lebherz Wed, 20 May 2020 16:30:56 +0000 https://dev.to/benleb/projects-done-as-bachelor-masters-student-2jda https://dev.to/benleb/projects-done-as-bachelor-masters-student-2jda <p>Hey, I am a computer science/software engineering student from Stuttgart, Germany. I am convinced that open source is the way to go, so I try to do my best to contribute my share to it.<br> Besides my studies, I also worked as a system operator, security administrator and lecturer at a college. During my bachelor's and master's program, I did some working-student jobs in the finance industry and a little social volunteering. Currently, I am in the last year of my study and work some hours per week as a freelancer in a german financial company.</p> <p>In my student time I also created a few private projects which are, of course, open source...</p> <p><strong>Smart-Home</strong> related code in <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/">Home-Assistant</a> and in also some integration for it, like</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/surepetcare/">Sure Petcare Integration</a> 🐾 to support your connected pet or cat flap in Home-Assistant. (<a href="https://www.surepetcare.com">Sure Petcare</a>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/horizon/">Horizon HD Recorder</a> 📺 to control your Horizon via Home-Assistant (a receiver of german cable-tv provider Unitymedia)</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/PyGlow">PyGlow</a> 🌈 a Python library to control <a href="https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/piglow">PiGlow</a>, a small Raspberry Pi LED Hat</li> </ul> <p>and also in <a href="https://github.com/home-assistant/appdaemon">AppDaemon</a> itself and apps for it, like</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/ad-automoli">AutoMoLi</a> 💡 a fully automatic light management based on motion and other smart features.</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/ad-ench">EnCh</a> 👩‍⚕️ to ensure your Home-Assistant entities will not run out of battery, not have undesired states and other checks.</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/ad-notifreeze">NotiFreeze</a> ❄️ which reminds to close windows if temperature difference inside/outside exceeds a specified threshold</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/ad-healthcheck">Healthcheck</a> 🏥 a simple health check app that is providing an API to use as a docker-compose health check for AppDaemon or similar.</li> </ul> <p>and standalone smart home tools, like</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/ad-automoli">miblepy</a> 🌴 🌡️ ⚖️ which fetches data from various (Xiaomi/Mijia/Mi) Bluetooth LE devices and push it to a MQTT broker in a coordinated, sequential manner</li> </ul> <p><strong>Libraries</strong> powering the smart home stuff</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/surepy">surepy</a> 🐾 Library for the Sure Petcare API. Used by the Sure PetFlap/CatFlap Connect smart flaps.</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/benleb/horimote">horimote</a> 📺 Library for controlling the Horizon HD-Recorder of Unitymedia Germany.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Security</strong>-related projects I contributed to include</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://pwnagotchi.ai">Pwnagotchi</a> 🐛</li> </ul> octograd2020 github education devgrad2020