Programming in the Small: Kids, Chickens, and Ruby
summary
A father and daughter build a coop monitor that actually takes timed photos with a Raspberry Pi camera, uploads them to Amazon, and displays them in a small Shoes desktop app written in Ruby. Hardware is a duct‑taped weather box mounted over nests for 11 chickens, software is a loop calling raspistill every two minutes and saving JPEGs. It captures eggs live in a demo, then stops receiving many eggs after two days. Future specifics: motion detection, OCR, and automated door control.
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chapters (43)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:25Who are you
- 0:40Korra Star Wars program
- 2:17Ruby
- 3:43Eggs
- 4:54Blackie
- 5:06Americanas
- 5:34Turkeys
- 6:12Red Chickens
- 6:33Rockette
- 7:13System Diagram
- 7:57Project Planning
- 8:39First Take
- 9:04Hardware
- 10:03Debugging
- 10:46Raspberry Pi Camera
- 11:14Building the Hardware
- 11:59Finished Hardware
- 12:30Chicken Coop
- 12:51Woodworking
- 13:14Software
- 13:40HDMI
- 14:12Linux
- 14:44Terminal
- 15:26Coralines Tip
- 16:11Raspberry Camera
- 16:44Fast Results
- 17:15Code Review
- 18:41Fairy Floss
- 18:55Dad Tip
- 20:05Shoes
- 21:58Customization
- 23:02Demo
- 24:18Ask Permission
- 24:44Demonstration
- 24:55Running the program
- 27:07Chicken Party
- 27:31The Future
- 27:41Better Lighting
- 28:01Better Dateless
- 28:51OCR
- 29:07Lakeland
- 29:38Open Close
