MicroPPPID
The author created a custom PID controller called MicroPPPID to improve pottery kiln temperature control after finding commercial PID controllers inadequate. The project was developed to provide better firing precision for pottery work.
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The talk discusses risks of shipping unknown build dependencies from npm and runtime third-party service dependencies. It questions whether projects adequately consider long-term costs, and introduces "microstacks" as an approach using minimal build dependencies and no runtime service dependencies.