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You can insert direct linux command inside `` and they are executed inside.
For me this simplicity and power is hard to beat.
For me the big realization was that self-sabotage is mechanism that make up excuses to prevent future damage to your ego. It is activated when you feel uncertain about outcomes and in risky terrain.
Knowing that, the trick is starting stuff you are unsure as an experiment, so you can see how can you get there instead crossing items in a to-do list.
In my case I got to feel really guilty about wasting days and weeks without any advancements. Stuck in complex issues (in my mind) and swimming in circles.
Progress in the only cure, and only reframing your day to day it get easier.
I have also a similar project backing, but not as technical as yours. I use also Raspberries for Smart Kiosks that are set to be in restaurants and increase the demand of the most convenient dishes at a time with great photography.
I see that you think now of Debian packages as an optimal way for installations in your project.
What would you say it is the best way yo keep a Raspberry system "auto-updated"?
PD: My skills are way lower than yours. I use mostly Ruby scripts (SystemD) to contact a backend in Rails.
The whole service (which isn't too complex) is a file script in Ruby managed through SystemD. This script turns off/on the screen based on API calls, and is also in charge of scheduled/remote restarts, pinging the backend and stuff like that.
What I like the most is how easy and reliable is. Beeing a below average guy, ruby makes really easy to combine system calls, API calls and shell commands within the same context.
There are some API methods very poorly documented and all you can do is try to get lucky for a 2007-2009 comment in it.
You only have to look to the disinformation coming from this "official" sites in critical moments in which there are government-led interests: covid, ukraine's war, Biden laptop...
Twitter files gives a lot of content into this issue.
I would love to see it back with some suggestions other people are pointing out.