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by soggypretzels 3693 days ago
About a year ago I was living in a place with a broken doorbell so I wrote a web page that would send me a text when it was loaded (hosted on my Pi). I then printed a QR code for the page that stated clearly "To ring bell, scan code". Users would scan the code which would immediately text "Ding Dong!", the page would let them enter their name. If they did I would receive a follow up text "It's [name]". Sadly in my year of living there only a handful of people ever used it.
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That sounds cool! And I know it also seems pretty easy to do, but care to share the project? I'd love to take a look at it.