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This is very interesting, good job. I had made something a bit simpler back in the day, it's a single server binary you can run (and I run a demo server you can use) but I think yours has a few more features. Maybe you can use it for inspiration, it's called Gweet: https://github.com/skorokithakis/gweet

Both, I have it set so lights go on and off when someone enters/exits the room, it logs temperature in rooms just because, and I have a task on my phone (using Tasker) with an NFC tag on my nightstand that turns everything off when I go to bed. It's nice to not have to touch any light switches ever, you walk into a room and the lamp just slowly fades into light. I know how crazy this sounds (because I roll my eyes at people who say "I have a task on my phone" too), but it's not really very hard to do. I control everything through an HTTP message queue I wrote (https://github.com/skorokithakis/gweet/) and a simple Android app I... also wrote... and... I should get fewer hobbies.

I also wrote a super-simple version of this, for talking to Raspis and stuff: https://github.com/skorokithakis/gweet

I've solved this problem for myself, and I suspect that many other people have it, but nobody has shown any interest in my solution so far: https://github.com/skorokithakis/gweet It's a command queue that allows your Raspi/Arduino to listen to commands and your control apps to issue them. I use secret keys for the commands, but you can also use crypto to sign the requests. It's been working very well for me, and with very low latency (the DNS query and TLS setup are the slowest parts, it seems).

I wanted something really simple for this, so I wrote this: https://github.com/skorokithakis/gweet It has a streaming HTTP mode, where the connection stays open and data comes in as the clients send them. It works very well for remotely opening my house doors.

Link: https://github.com/skorokithakis/gweet