I’m a hobbyist developer and have a built a couple of Android apps (e.g. GPS trackers) and some plugins for web applications (e.g. data conversion or reporting tools).
Now I’m searching for a new “project” for me. The OpenRemote IoT platform is really nice and I would like to develop something for it.
My problem is: I have no idea what can be interesting not only for me, but also for OpenRemote users. As I said, I developed some GPS trackers and maybe If I will extend them with e.g. MQTT, then it will be interesting for OpenRemote users. But I don’t really know whether it will be “profitable”. I don’t mean money (sure, it will be nice too), I want only that my software will be used.
So my question: have someone an idea for an Android app or an OpenRemote add-on or maybe other tool, which will be interesting for at least a dozen of OpenRemote users?
Thanks for your interest in OpenRemote. We’re always happy to see people interested in contributing to the platform.
You mentioned you work with GPS trackers. I am the PO for the fleet management integration of OpenRemote, and as such I also do some work with GPS trackers. I’d be happy to have a conversation to see what you’ve worked with/how you can contribute there, or maybe something more generic for the entire platform.
Yes, I would like to contribute. Maybe the simplest for me would be to make a GPS tracker (because I have already some code). But… would it be interesting for OpenRemote users? And if so, which features should be implemented at first?
At the moment I’m tinkering on a GPS tracker app, which publishes lat/lon data through MQTT. And I’m proud: the simplest version works now But I don’t know what I should do as next.
So I would be really thankful if we could speak / chat somewhere. Or we can simply “have a conversation” in this forum.
But I don’t know what I should do as next.