MQTT and Lightweight Automation

Experiments using MQTT to connect sensors, automation events, notifications, and lightweight services.

MQTT started showing up almost accidentally while trying to tie together unrelated systems.

Over time it turned into one of the more useful building blocks for lightweight automation and event-driven communication.

Most of the experimentation revolves around:

One thing that makes MQTT especially interesting is how simple it stays even as systems become more connected.

Instead of tightly coupling services together, most experiments revolve around loosely connected event flows.

Examples include:

The overall direction is less about building a giant automation platform and more about creating small reliable pieces that can communicate cleanly.

A lot of the experimentation has also focused on making systems easier to debug and reason about over time.