JS in Strange Places

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Node and JavaScript run on tiny chips and in odd places: a HTML5 RPG maker game talks over WebSockets to an esp8266 running s perino as an authenticator keypad, a Tessel 2 hosts a social bot pipeline (IFTTT/Twitter/GitHub → AWS Lambda → DynamoDB → device) and shows addressable LEDs, an Analog Discovery script in JavaScript decodes I2C hex into readable commands for a gesture sensor, and a Bus Pirate is controllable from npm. Demos are working though serial/boot is finicky and a small HTTP server fits in ~58 lines.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 8:13Engine Room
3. 19:44The Analog Discovery Tool
4. 20:17Scripting

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