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The software you need for holiday overdecoration

Animated Holiday Light Shows People have been overdecorating for the holidays for a long time. However, as engineers, we realize that the problem shouldn’t just involve more lights, what we really need is computers! What Goes Into an Animated Light Show? - Smart pixels.

I’ve been told that it takes about 50 hours per light show to mark the timings, choose colors and effects, line everything up, and adjust to achieve a great sequence. What My House Looks Like This is where DBOS fits in; it was used to build and run the services that coordinate and automate the process of mapping purchased sequences to user layouts. Sourcing and selling assembled controllers, lighting props, or entire layouts, as opposed to the kit-based approach common in the hobby.

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