[kuzee]

I've tried to build several Pi projects over the years, and I'll happily plug Nerves as probably the easiest way to develop software that runs on the Pi, especially for the reliability. Genservers supervising sensor inputs and managing motor outputs is really simple to reason about. The easy learning curve is nice given how robust Nerves is under the hood. I've worked harder for less reliability.

Nerves is also the first Pi software that worked the very first time I plugged in the flashed memory card, which was a really good start.

I'm currently adding Nerves/Pi to a small home autonomous robot and it's been very easy for a guy who definitely isn't a hardware expert. I'm looking for other fun ideas, if anyone has a good idea. I live in an apartment, so indoors ideas only for now.