OpenWRT

Contribution Date

It's somewhat startling to realize OpenWRT wasn't nominated long ago ...

From http://openwrt.org/:

- OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.

Contributions - cash or equipment, but apparently to SPI, with instructions to forward to OpenWRT, instead of OpenWRT directly:

- https://dev.openwrt.org/wiki/SupportDonate - includes credit card payment means. No obvious PayPal mechanism sticks out.

2026-04: Garage Door Opener, Vibe Coding for Recovery

J. Lucas Donkers describes how he set up a garage door opener he could open with his smartphone. Colin Knapp tells stories of how LLMs helped him recover from a health issue. See https://kwlug.org/node/1471 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2026-04-29T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Crabby Joe's in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Wednesday

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.

The restaurant is located at 70 King St E in Kitchener, at the corner of King and Frederick St. Here is a map

In-Person Social: Wednesday, March 18 2026, 7pm

Dinner at J&B Family Restaurant, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2026-03-18T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at J&B Family Restaurant in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Wednesday.

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.

The restaurant is located at 79 Victoria St N in Kitchener, near the corner of Victoria and Duke. Here is a map

2026-02: Home Assistant, ProxySQL

Khalid Baheyeldin explains alerting, voice to text, and garage door sensor functionality in Home Assistant. Shravan Dwarka explains how to use ProxySQL for query routing. See https://kwlug.org/node/1423 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, April 13, 2026, 7pm

Arduino Garage Door Opener, Vibe Coding and Recovery

Meeting Date

2026-04-13T19:00:00

J. Lucas Donkers will tell us how he put together a remote garage door opener using Python, an Arduino and some LLM coding. He writes: 

I used free LLM's to help write the bulk of the code to create an interface between my smartphone and a spare garage door remote controller, which allows to me type in a PIN through my phone's browser to open the garage.  

Colin Knapp will share how programming with LLM assistants helped him stay functional while recovering from a health issue. 

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, June 1, 2026, 7pm

BigBlueButton Setup, FOSS Tools for High Powered Rocketry

Meeting Date

2026-06-01T19:00:00

Jason Paul will continue his exploration of setting up BigBlueButton using GitOps/DevOps principles.

Matteo Golin will discuss how he uses Free Software tool suites to make rockets. He writes: