A good back up- very much what I would’ve done if I had one! I’ll add you entries on it to my reading.
I love the shitty Chinese cloud gadgets, the issue is getting them all to talk together not through me looking at 7apps, or a camera pointed at all the readouts. I was also hoping to not have to actually do my own programming… I’ve never done anything a 3rd grader couldn’t with it. I don’t super want to learn but work with electronics in hobby and in career, it comes up. No need to reinvent the wheel though just to learn- I have enough worries in life. Although sometimes we do have to make it ourselves to under stand it well enough to troubleshoot it. If it doesn’t work I need to be able to fix it, that’s why I love modular designs based. Growduino looks spot on, but damn, now I need to learn hydroponic skills in addition to organic skills so I can have a aquaponic set up. I’m in love!