AndiH
Cloudify?
Just for discussion: is there any interest in "putting this into the cloud"? eg Google App Engine is free within some quotas. So, despite privacy concerns, this could be a way. We would have to talk about "quant types", how to store and how to display them. But a simple App-Engine-API can be done using Python. A simple Website could display stats and could have a "+1 coffee" button etc.
You mean, making a service out of it? Like www.quanti.fi/AndiH/, with an backend and stuff? That's cool, but, like, really a big thing…
Or what do you mean with »putting it into the cloud«.
By the way: My stuff currently runs on a server we can also use for testing. It's Hosteurope-hosted.
Yes, a little service. My main intention was "i need a +1 coffee button somewhere", otherwise i would not track data. Maybe i have to take a closer look at your backend first... then we can get back to this topic.
My backend. Haha. ;) There's a table in a database. That's my backend… You know, the physicist's approach ;).
You want a service to create more manual Quants. I see. That's something different I thought you meant initially. But I like it!
All this scales. Let's make a startup.
Sounds good. I'm craving for a good and especially comprehensive dashboard like the one from Fitbit, just with all the data I can gather. Most of the services try to bring politics to the topic and don't let me track and import the things I already track via a good collection of sensors.
But here's the catch: I don't to python yet. And I'm not quite sure if I want to invest in learning it.
Ok, @jk, you talk about the stuff I initially thought of. This, and what @senfi said in his last comment, can be the same but don't necessarily have to.
And concerning the programming language involved: Everything, which is currently displayed on quantified.andreasherten.de is anyway done by means of PHP. So for a dashboard, only taking care of display Quants (with, maybe, a little configuration) that might be fully sufficient…
Essentially, as a first step, this would be ›your personal quantified.andreasherten.de‹ with more privacy, more verbose output and more history.
I'm quite versatile in PHP and also with building REST web services. From an architectural point of view defining an interface (i.e. the web service) we will decouple a great deal of the language things. Backend can be (but don't have to be) PHP – or something like the java-based play framework and all the clients can be written in whatever the author want it to be. So browser extensions in a variety of languages is no problem.
Sounds cool, @jk. (Though, remember, I'm not that easy with all those web stuff… But that's probably more my problem.)
Do you have, like, right now tickling fingers? If so: What about a short Skype/G+ call this weekend? If not: How to continue?
I need a bit more time to start. I'm in the middle of automating my apartment :smile: But I'll just look into it and try to make your existing code running on my side to gain some overview.
For the web stuff: I'm also not a front end guy anymore. Backend, mobile and architectural things, that's how I roll for the moment :smile:
Now, that's to diverging answers… Damn ;). Who has time on Sunday at 14:00?
@jk: Automating my apartment is also one of my big dreams. But it's like a whole other project… What are your plans? What do you do? Can you tell me? Maybe not in this comment chain, though.
I'm available – I don't have any fixed appointments for the weekend, but I can't promise that I'll did the installation of your repo code till then.
@AndiH Jupp, I can do that. I do have some sensors and actors for the lighting and heating in place, but they aren't so well integrated yet. But I stumbled accross openHAB yesterday and I already own a not used raspberry pi :smiley:
Ok, here's your Doodle thingy: http://www.doodle.com/idstw8tdgwk4xfmg
@jk / @senfi: You don't need to have my stuff installed for Sunday. I just plan to talk a bit about possible future projects and who does what.
Another idea which just came to my mind: develop an app along with the cloud service (or at least a nice mobile version at the start) and track data from your smartphone. Like the +1 coffee button.
By the way, is this just quantified self? I'm asking on behalf of a plant in my living room. It states when its soil gets dry :smile:
Absolutely not. I don't know if there's a term for that. Quantified everything? Quantified things?