24.05.2026 –, Hauptraum Sprache: English
Mesh protocols based on LoRa such as Meshtastic and Meshcore are increasingly popular, and many hackers have started to dabble in running their own nodes or even repeaters.
I'm first going to briefly present the protocols and explain their basics.
There are some ongoing discussions in the communities, the big one being the decision between Meshtastic vs Meshcore. In recent weeks, there is increasing resentment regarding the open use of LLMs in the development of both projects. I'd like to pose the question of whether there is a future of LoRa-based mesh networks without LLMs.
Afterwards, I'd like to do some hardware hacking, perhaps building a Meshcore node as a workshop, probably in a separate session.
Heya, I'm whoami (she/they)!
Apart from the usual stuff - I'm a big fan of Rust and a NixOS maintainer - I'm also interested in electronics, a bit of formal verification, coffee and lots of other nerdy things I forgot to list here.