Every Developer Needs a Raspberry Pi

[@Harshmanwani]

Starting: Host your own web app 🥰 Ending: Your personal multifunctional robot 💀

[@SamMeechWard]

That's what side projects are all about

[@boneappletee6416]

​@@SamMeechWard what about your robot *also* hosting a web app?

[@conrado3391]

@@boneappletee6416 * Robots falls off the table *: my web app has crashed

[@MAcDaTHo]

@@boneappletee6416 can be done! Control the robot via web-interface. YAY!

[@vnABC]

Next, the robot ask: What's my purpose ?

[@mossabDiae]

The title is misleading, this is a full raspberry pi playground setup tutorial for developers ☠️ Great video!

[@ahmadhosafy]

exactly haha it's a reverse click bait!

[@mharley3791]

The amount of progress that has been made to make hardware programming accessible is truly astounding. I’m gonna need way more videos from this from you man. instant subscribe.

[@atlantic_love]

Programming has been accessible for a long time.

[@Jack01010]

It's older than you can think, it is always been there, but simply most dev just ignore this because they work on web dev or never attended an engineering class.

[@cruenie]

4 minutes of this video is like 4 lectures in the uni... An absolute gem!

[@Albertredneck]

Relax, he's just aware of the ecosystem and copy pasting. The uni is a different thing and you should know.

[@cruenie]

Uni works extremely slowly to leave nobody behind. This guy rocks since you can rollback. Also, I am solely talking about the lectures, not the whole education system.@@Albertredneck

[@capybaraponque611]

@@cruenie shut up, man, that line is not only false, but overused

[@cruenie]

I'm talking from experience. I only studied in 2 unis, so I'm not an expert on this, however my experience showed me that uni education is slow. Uni is only good for delaying work life and having fun/networking imo. Not for learning specific skills. You're better off doing it yourself. The genericness of your reply nakes me think that you're a controversy bot tbh @@capybaraponque611

[@mamertvonn]

Uni is a scam, if you're in high school, here me out....

[@anandparameswaran6032]

Man,you bring out the kids in men. Greatest tech enthusiast.

[@xchronicxx]

literally giggling watching this as i just ordered a pi 5 like an hour ago. STOKED to say the least.

[@galleon8129]

One of the best comments I’ve seen, well done

[@KatzeMelli]

and women 😘 I literally got my old raspberry pi out the drawer after finishing this video 😂

[@rushmuzik]

I just earned 3 credits at university watching this video

[@Marvin-ix7hu]

please tell me thats a joke

[@Chaos-th8um]

​@@Marvin-ix7hucollege is the joke

[@mnz3211]

3 points to Griffindor!

[@BM-_]

Goofy ahh school

[@Ziptietechnician]

Circa 1999 i used to get history credits for playing command and conquer. No joke.

[@ghazanfarabidi4137]

If this video was 5 min longer, Sam would be flying around in an Iron Man suit.

[@rickybrown8264]

This the best comment lol 😂

[@zopenzop2225]

Perfect pacing, at no moment in this video did I feel like clicking away, I literally sat and watched this guy give me a tour of the sheer amount of things one can do with a raspberry pi, incredible

[@redbolder]

An average web dev like me would've never imagined stuff like these to even exist. Super cool!

[@dylancawsey6105]

Absolutely loved the video. Failed to mention that SSH has to be enabled in the OS customisation by selecting the checkbox SERVICES > Enable SSH. For those that also got a "Connection refused" error message 🥴

[@sPanKyZzZ1]

I have no idea how good of a programmer are you but you sure are very good at delivering programming videos.

[@kadblue2000]

I got into coding 10 years ago because my mom got me a raspberry pi for my birthday, and I remember coding some cool stuff on it. I definitely wanna get back into it

[@phantazzor]

You are one of my top 3 best content dev on KZbin, so you could run a pocketbase running local on it and get creative, like making a vendor payment system

[@mohammedzeeshan8647]

Good idea

[@SamMeechWard]

Thank you. You can plug in a touch screen and do a lot of cool local-first things

[@limitlesskode]

You have this mustache, ThePrimeagen has this mustache, Theo has this same mustache. Is that the secret to being a code genius

[@tiriyoncontinuum9519]

yes.

[@SamMeechWard]

At this point I'm too afraid to shave it off and find out

[@vikingthedude]

The “ill need you to step out of your vehicle” stache

[@tabliqatchi6696]

The most hilarious comment I've read in the past few months. You're a genius too 😂

[@themartdog]

Lol, i don't think Theo is a code genius

[@giri404]

I love how the video progressively gets complex and advanced and entertaining at the same time. Love your style of videos. Immediately subbed

[@AdamtheADHDev]

I just wanted to say thanks for this video. I've now got a pi5 working as a remote dev environment and local webserver for dockerised apps that I build for personal projects. It makes a great alternative to WSL for a windows user and is much less faff than trying to find a cloud host for my docker containers that I don't have to pay for.

[@detroitpistonsplayoffs]

This is the most amazing development related video I have ever seen in all my years

[@SaifurRahmanAkash]

I've never felt this much interest in electronics before in my life, definitely will try this in the future. Tnx for the awesome video.

[@merveillevaneck5906]

Now THIS was a brilliant way to show how coding can extend into IoT. Expecially controlling the motor. Up until that point its pretty normal, but as soon as you control a motor, its a whole new level of integration mechanics. Great video!

[@SamMeechWard]

I remember having my mind blown when I realized I could control things like that as a programmer

[@merveillevaneck5906]

@@SamMeechWard Same here! There is something really satisfying about building software that drives physical systems. Its just different. Btw thanks for pointing out the battery module. I had some trouble figuring out how to control power input to an IoT device and this actually gave me a solution!

[@animeshsrivastavash]

Hands down best "what to do with the raspberry pi" video till date! What a genius ❤ 🥂

[@mhmtse]

This was one of the best, right into the subject-no unnecessary bs video I watched in a looong time. Thanks for the high quality content bro. Subscribed in an instant.

[@Bozzigmupp]

The fact that you can just convert, code, understand wtf you're doing, and create all this baffles me. Nice

[@SamMeechWard]

To be fair, I don't understand that much of what i'm doing. I just keep changing the code until it works

[@atlantic_love]

You realize it's heavily edited, yes?

[@noweare1]

@@SamMeechWard That's the way I work. I mean, if not, you don't get anything done.

[@Remirured]

I am a junior fullstack dev and currently underworked, so i use the free time for private projects. the idea of doing all theese things actually kind of gave me this feeling you get as a chilld, when you get a new playstation at christmas. Its kinda awesome

[@cody_codes_youtube]

Missed you this week for content talk! Nice work on this video man.

[@Smonjirez]

2 minutes 45 seconds in, and you've already got yourself a like and a new subscriber

[@SamMeechWard]

🤗

[@Vineeth_Shankar]

Easily one of the best 27 minutes I’ve ever spent of my life. Thanks!!

[@mementomori8856]

it's stuff like this that reignites your love for software!

[@SamMeechWard]

this is exactly how i feel

[@kylepowis]

This is the video I have been needing for months and just randomly stumbled across it, nice!! Thanks!

[@shinjiikari4629]

Yayy the YT algorithm finally recommending a good video for once.

[@Tospaa]

This was a very informative video, thank you so much!

[@wake-digital]

16:14 that caugh me off guard for a bit

[@MjkL1337]

that was actually so fucking funny lol

[@raba650]

💀😂

[@derek8700]

I thought I was the only one who saw

[@venkykarthz1676]

Man you touched my heart like no one else did. This video was everything i dreamed of doing and the reason i love to create and code

[@deadcosmonautt]

16:15 omg that AI is upset

[@taylorbarringer]

Haha I was like, we just going to skip over that?

[@SamMeechWard]

👀

[@abdulsalamghazal9127]

what do you mean ?

[@facuigua12]

@@abdulsalamghazal9127 16:14

[@diogokamioka]

Jequiti - subliminar message

[@richardcrbb]

Ive got a raspberry pi5 as a cloudserver I use from time to time, but now that I watched this video I got more into open more projects with it, thank you very much sir, you are a pro!

[@adrimathlener8008]

You make it all seem so easy. Love the way you connect the Pi tot the internet and do your thing via the internet. You got me when the robot drove a bit and then looked at me This one is a keeper

[@Fragler01]

I love how the video progresses in a steady phase, and how you come up with something new in every few minute. By far one of the best tech / programming related videos I have seen. Thanks for the amazing content :D

[@vasudeva_g]

Night vision camera setup will be helpful as you know we all want to monitor our home

[@notnothome]

this is the best channel I think Ive ever found on KZbin. Your cadence, your presentation, the tutorial style, the length of video....dude, youre cool.

[@faruksardar8829]

This is like a developer's dream come true. Amazing video, Sam!

[@notta3d]

I'm a newb with the hardware so it was so nice to see what could be done and explained very well at the same time.

[@johnme60]

Hey Sam I want to tell you something. I'm watching your channel first time. After a long time I've seen a person is who is really enthusiastic and curious about the possibilities. You are letting the imagination run wild just like I do. I truly respect and like your work. By my experience I can say this become exhausting sometimes, But after taking some rest We can feel recharged again. Never stop doing these type of videos. These are the food for curious brain, which keeps us nerds really alive. Otherwise we'll just turn into joyless corporate machines. I wish you very good luck for your future :)

[@SamMeechWard]

Thank you, I really appreciate your words. I want to print this comment out and keep it on my desk at all times

[@johnme60]

@@SamMeechWard 😊

[@halilerensahin510]

Thats a really good detailed intro for the RPi and it's capabilties. Well done

[@cem_kaya]

Raspberry pi's are good but be careful what version you are buying, pi 3's and below usually dont have enough ram and processing power to compile big libraries / projects. pi 4 or 5 offers a much better development experience in my opinion.

[@TheTubejunky]

Sales dept huh? How's that going?

[@cem_kaya]

@@TheTubejunky what ? is this an ai comment ?

[@NONONONONO162]

@@cem_kayalol

[@Anonymous51701]

@@cem_kayaThat’s not true.

[@cem_kaya]

​@@Anonymous51701 i have compiled OpenCV on raspberry pies before and i have waited hours and hours due to low ram and slow swap drive. The sad thing is this compile was not the only thing running on the pi at that time. pi 4 8GB can crunch this much much faster.

[@khantseithu]

This content is gold for web dev like us

[@jeremychan1560]

I am an electronics and electrical engineer and this was a beautiful video. Very clear, touching upon the fundamentals and some advanced concepts as well. Great job! I miss programming my nucleo f401re board so much 😅

[@Ashley-sd5xn]

Wow I didn't realize Pis had gotten so expensive! I remember the days when we'd throw one in our cart just to hit the free shipping threshold because they were $20-$25 on sale.

[@mrmotofy]

More capable hardware. The Pi5 is pretty capable of a full functioning desktop. SDcard reads of 100MB/s etc. Full HD KZbin watching with no real dropped frames.

[@TheTubejunky]

​@@mrmotofyThe fact it uses SD cards is it's biggest flaw. They fail consistently after many read write cycles. SSD needs to be implemented before they're up to par with mini comps.

[@mrmotofy]

@@TheTubejunky There's really good cards one can use. I've used a few for years and never had issues. One doesn't HAVE to use the SD. There's hats available and also USB drives. A SSD is an option going back to the 3B or so which is 10yrs or so.

[@travisgodfrey-evans2182]

@@TheTubejunkythis fear is based in… well, fear, any common sense preparation that you would do with a hard drive (backups) lead to essentially no issues using an SSD. Not sure why people are so scared when you can have an SSD running for years without failure, and again, if you’re concerned, backups. They’re so affordable now, especially second hand, and order online (if you’re in the UK online shipping laws protect you two weeks after receiving an item to be returned no questions asked if you were to run error scans on your SSD).

[@lilyalexander963]

​@TheTubejunky 0:36 - "we'll need a hard drive, like this SSD, or a cheaper, easier option is to use an SD card" unless you mean that they should include an ssd for the price - in which case, i don't know enough about the bulk cost of components to comment on that

[@ExecutionMods]

It's very cool. Most web developers don't ever touch hardware (and only learn about it in college). It's very inspirational to see it all come together in one place. I'm going to order myself one soon.

[@8BitSummoner]

BANGER, so easy to forget all the cool stuff you can do with these little things

[@SamMeechWard]

that's what she said

[@elakstein]

​@@SamMeechWard😂

[@reralt]

This is one of the best videos related to programming I have seen in a while on KZbin. Made me feel like a kid again. ❤

[@fluffykitties9020]

I thought you said "eight hundred dollars"! 0:04

[@adrienazie]

Same.. had to go back to get the 'a hundred dollars' 😂

[@navtektv]

me too

[@akmalharith]

Its ridiculously expensive compared to how much it would have costed few years ago. I just bought a much powerful intel NUC for 50 USD.

[@alexandrecerizza28]

Here where i live is almost that

[@settyg]

Your content is awesome. I'm graduating with a degree in machine learning and data science (at 35) and this video makes me realize that I appreciate this tech so much but I am far behind, and may never ever be where sam is at in the end. I wish I were as smart as this dude but everyone has told me 'it's my fault' I'm not where I want to be at. Any way, thanks for inspo.

[@johnnyjohnson6771]

16:15 fame says #### all persons... WTF!

[@mathewmorris]

This is why I came to the comment section lol WILD 😂

[@andreitone]

a snippet of what's on AI's mind

[@PrestonWeight]

Ummmm?

[@kefifyoucef5715]

Exqctly.why iam here

[@AleksiTamminen-q6m]

Yeah I saw that too😅😂😂

[@fmohtadi99]

I've never been so excited to buy something. You're a developer + need a centralized data source + access anywhere privately = A simple and powerful ! RPi 5. Such a short and pure quality content ever seen on KZbin. Good Luck :)

[@dosiedoe]

really refreshing style of tutorial, at exactly the right level of detail. exciting to watch how quickly something genuinely useful and interesting can be spun up, and the video still manages to contain every line of code necessary to do so in just the first ten minutes

[@LordFullStack]

After seeing this in my feed. I thought this would be just a Random Raspberry Pi explanation video. But man, I didn't even wanted to blink while watching the video.

[@CoreDumpped]

Nice video, I also love the Raspberry Pi. Even though it is a very cheap computer there's almost no limit in the amount of things you can do with it.

[@quirkyquester]

loll, am i the only one noticed the logging "kill all the persons"? oops. amazing video, i love it tho.

[@SamMeechWard]

The ai has a mind of its own

[@pabloalonso9083]

I noticed and it scared me 😱

[@arzoch]

This is a fantastic video mate. I’m glad to see the views are blowing up. I’ve got a new pi 5 arriving tomorrow and you’ve inspired me to check out the ai board and camera!

[@jackjackcarey]

You can buy a ready-to-go mini PC for similar money which comes with a proper case, IO, driver support, maybe a GPU, etc. Even Raspberry Pi clones are worth looking at too. Pis used to be a great go-to but by the time you’re properly set-up they’re expensive compared to the alternatives.

[@SamMeechWard]

I agree with a lot of what you're saying, but there's a lot of value in a large community. Documentation, tutorials, online support--all pretty good with a pi. So it's still my recommendation when getting started, but definitely try others if you're up for it.

[@mrmotofy]

I'd agree but depends on your needs/wants. If you want to get into this GPIO pins and coding...can't really do that on a MiniPC. But just general computing and use, yes

[@satyarajrana5702]

Wow man!! One of the best videos I've seen on KZbin in a while. Awesome video man!!

[@boukew]

It thinks this man is recognized as a bird because he is flyinggggg through this tutorial

[@Erinle_creates]

Bro! I got so excited watching your video. I am new to coding and still learning the ropes of Python because C and C++ was pretty tough for me. Thanks a lot.

[@anatomyotset]

If I had this guy as some sort of mentor figure back when I was a kid, and if all the stuff he used existed, I'd be driving an SUV on Mars right now that I built myself, having arrived on Mars on a spaceship of my own design. P.S.: I'm nowhere near capable or gifted, but I used to play with motors, bulbs, and batteries when I was a kid, messing around with wires and switches, creating small "projects" around the house. This video has awakened that curious, tech-hyped child in me, and I'm just grateful to Sam for making me re-live that inspiring feeling I used to feel as a kid.

[@mypoortom]

Thanks a lot. You are an amazing tutor :)

[@seantristan5991]

when I get home from work you’re single handle gonna take me from terminal code to real work projects thank you binging ur videos later

[@dhruvinvekariya975]

bro has revised my whole computer engineering💀

[@dmitrymatio]

Banger video! much appreciated demo

[@kushagrachaturvedy2821]

Watching this video made me fall in love with tech all over again. Amazing

[@drtitus]

Intel N100 mini PCs kick the pants off Raspberry Pis now, and they're VERY affordable. If you're not wiring things up to your GPIO header, you should probably skip the Pi. If you've got one, great, if you don't, then get an N100 for your home server. Then you have an x86_64 CPU rather than ARM (more software support), and you can upgrade your hardware easier (far more RAM, easier to add a second drive), don't have to worry about microSD corruption (if you've had a Pi, you likely know about it), and won't have a janky little thing hanging off your network that's annoying to deal with. The Pi was cool in its day, but they're too expensive/limited now compared to what else is available. *writing this from his N100 desktop machine that does it all*

[@bralex6669]

I've pondered buying Rpi clones in the past, but the thing about Rpis is that it's community is huge, and so is the support. If I have a problem, someone will be able to help me. And given that I'm not a developer, just a hobbyist, I WILL have problems.

[@CappuccinoLife]

You made the video so interesting that I watched the whole thing. I don't even need this information or I'm not a programmer, but it's very interesting how you present and how you structured everything. Thank you.👌🏼☺️

[@ota-ke]

Awesome content, man I have a Freenove kit will explore it ASAP

[@SamMeechWard]

Let me know what you make

[@spunkysarb7996]

WTH, man this video is amazing and you are amazing as well. Thanks man for making this video and showing it how simple it is.

[@judewestburner]

I do think there is a huge amount of worthiness in doing projects in the name of a hobby/self learning/growing, something not always monetarily, at least directly.

[@noweare1]

Work takes the fun out of doing fun things.

[@michaelfeldman7357]

Absolutely amazing job with this video man! Genuinely one of the best dev videos I have ever seen. I have a couple years of embedded dev experience and a couple years of web dev experience. I never really saw the overlap between the two, but this bridged that gap so well for me. So many ideas running through my mind!

[@pranjal5451]

This is basically what I've been trying to search for a whole year...a project that can help me get hands on experience on all the tech used in this video

[@TolyaBogomolov]

robot in the end is really cute :)

[@SamMeechWard]

Thank you 🤗

[@ozmer]

Amazing showcase video. I really like the video pacing. You show people what's possible and what products/libraries to use but it's not a full howto. That way people can figure it out themselves.

[@jervx829]

The hell is this 16:14 HAHAHAHA

[@FrankHacking]

Yea right 😆

[@rajeshbalkoti4429]

Such an encredible youtube channel man. Loved it.

[@SamMeechWard]

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[@zawepygler1223]

Can I still use this if I already have an account? This link doesn't really redirect me to any 30 trial page, but to buy a subscription. And I don't know if I want it. Maybe I will just pay for a month, but wanted a trial to see.

[@FKU7777]

If I subscribe do you also provide the top lip wig?

[@ianCD_]

you summarized 3 years of mechatronics tinkering into 27 minutes. Amazing. Yes it is absolutely incredible what you can do with a RPi and some little ingenuity. All the tech is already out there and with a little SW development knowledge you can go incredibly far :D

[@CodingWithLewis]

Bro just casually whipped out the C++ code without any documentation 💀

[@SamMeechWard]

Python was just too difficult

[@noweare1]

High quality video of this technology not found often anywhere. That stuff your doing on the PI I am doing on the esp32 (not all at the same time) working to get better with the web technologies (html, css, js and some day a framework) and networking so I can build projects that can be controlled via web. Takes a lot of knowledge to do what you just did in this video.

[@blameItleaveit]

0:04 $800 dollars ?

[@connermalloy]

About A* hundred dollars. For the 8gb with shipping, cooler, power supply, that’s about right.

[@LennyPane89]

Needed a comprehensive overview over what i can do with my RPi5, got exactly what i needed.

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

sam is a bird confirmed

[@mradoku]

Awaking the creative spirits !! Amazing video !!

[@rm-sv8pz]

AI keeps identify bro as a bird 😭

[@sethleifheit11]

It’s those wings on his upper lip

[@rayofvictory]

Bravo, engaging content with no fluff. Love it!

[@guob1n]

I JUST REALIZED THAT MY CODING KNOWLEGDE IS NOTHING

[@gurue6815]

The fastest KZbin channel I have subscribed to. What a talent

[@ordinarygg]

Buy used mini-PC with > performance like + 50% on less price. This c**p should cost much less.

[@SkyeTheDoggy]

I get your point, but most people don't buy a Raspberry Pi for being a "mini-PC". Most people buys one because the combination between the GPIO pins and decent performance that enables people to create lots of projects that a traditional computer won't be able to do. Even for just a basic server they're great because they're power efficient while offering great performance in comparison with a "mini-PC".

[@navymalfunction9710]

u stupid or smthng?

[@krkngd-wn6xj]

While external hardware will be harder to get for it, this is also a great way to reuse old laptops. My old one's screen stopped working, I bought an upgrade instead of having it fixed, and it now runs as my home media server.

[@TeHzoAr]

you have an insanely powerful computer on your desk that you probably dont ever turn off thats capable of containerization and virtualization, and you a powerful, low-power, always-on NAS in your closet that can do the same. there's literally no reason to own a raspberry pi

[@radenmaulanarifaiabdullah1992]

it's just a hook thumbnail

[@bartek.igielski]

the only reason is gpio and camera, but... in most cases it's better to do this stuff with a dedicated smart home devices 🤷‍♂️

[@Ignotus.]

This isn't really aimed at the people who have all that though

[@bartek.igielski]

@@Ignotus. you can get a decent used pc parts for less than a new raspberry pi

[@Ignotus.]

@@bartek.igielski i am completely aware. You can get a lot of stuff much cheaper than a raspberry pi these days. The topics mentioned in the video are still completely valid. And the community around raspberry pies should also not be ignored for newbies

[@jackhodgson]

Wow. There's so much here. Good stuff. I'm gonna need to watch this a few times more to get it. Esp the server and tunneling stuff at the beginning. Thanks!

[@tanmeetsingh7298]

what a great video, getting my raspberry pi immediately now

[@anuraggiri4428]

This is literally the most fascinating video I've ever seen in 30 mins ... Damn man great job

[@cg219]

I knew all of this and this video was still dope. Reinspiried. Thank you

[@RobertYule-g8l]

Absolutely love this! I found a RasPi on Freecycle and totally motivated now after seeing this!!!

[@spiff1003]

I use an RP3 as a qbittorrent server, as a MQTT-broker, as an SQL-server for my ESP-sensors monitoring temperatures and finally Grafana for making graphs for these ESP sensors. If it was more powerful, I'd like it to host home assistant too, but I have RP4 for that purpose. I am also going to make an RP the centerpiece for my garage, controlling several doors and allowing remote control. While this may be done with cheaper devices like ESP32, it is kinda cool to a full RP to do this with a screen, RFID tags, and a touch screen to select which door to open.