This article describes how to use Netgear Arlo Cameras API. Even though no public API is provided, I succeeded in interacting with the cameras by sniffing the traffic sent from the official web application
PHP 8.1 introduced the new Fiber class (see the proposed RFC here https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fiber), which allows running coroutines inside your script, i.e. two functions executing simultaneously
This article describes a TDD (Test Driven Development) approach to implement a Finite State Machine (FSM) using PHP+Laravel. However, such method is general and could be used in the programming language of your choice.
I released on GitHub a PHP library for querying and editing data on the Tado Thermostat System.
It is integrated in Laravel 5.x for quick setup in this excellent framework.
Very often you find yourself in situations where you need to make your data pass some kind of checks or filters before doing something with them. This post shows how to make a first attempt approach better and cleaner