I've been using LiteDB and a C# backend to serve a local web page, where I've been keeping track of the weight of our three cats and two dogs. After migrating the backend to docker, I've been having issues that the database in not being updated correctly. The file is saved on the pi and volume shared to the container, but the changes are not being propagated to the actual file on the pi. Instead of finding out what is wrong and wasting time on that, I'd like to skip a few steps and move on from C#. It is not the best for the pi and was mostly an interesting exercise at the time.

Controlling cronjobs with a Flask UI

Updated on 30.6.2024

While creating a proper readme for the project, I realized that it can actually be used to control several cronjobs, I just hadn't used it in that way.
It is somewhat limited by the script identifier and by having only three options (schedule 1, schedule 2 or disabled), but I think these could be resolved in a reasonable amount of time.

I've since moved away from LiteDB and created the backend using SQLite and Python

Hosting a Local Website on Raspberry Pi with Flask

Let's jump straight in. I wanted to keep things simple, so I decided to use a basic html, css and javascript setup with Python Flask. I used ChatGPT to generate a html file with the form that I wanted, some basic css and a javascript file. I refined them myself until I was happy with the look and functionality. My target is a tablet, so I didn't bother too much with the desktop experience.

Setting up LiteDB on a Raspberry Pi

What's the point?

I finally got myself a model 3 b+ Raspberry Pi and as I've never worked with a NoSQL database before, I decided to try one out with it. My initial choice was running a MongoDB database inside a docker container.