Favorite / most used systemd timers?

I recently wrote one to pull the location data of users for an app and make a heat map of sorts which updates every hour. Probably could make it run on a quicker timer but not many eyes on it at the moment.

update of the package cache with an download of the updates.

Timers?
Meh, apt update, some backup stuff, some git fetches to alert me of upstream changes.

Something I want to build: dynamic background based on time of day. Easy enough to do, just need the 24-96 bloody photos and I’m way too lazy to take those.

Events?
Bluetooth connect/disconnect -> headphones? -> switch audio device

Bluetooth connect/disconnect -> controller? -> set up (or kill) controller driver (xbox) -> switch it to correct configs -> map input to new device.

Kinda feel like that last one should just happen out of the box. I really dislike finishing someone else’s production code. Extending is better than debugging and fixing, I suppose. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@root About the photos. Couldnt that be automated as well. Set a phone on a tripod and run a script that would take pics at certain times of the day. Wallah you got to your pics.

@stub Oh, absolutely. But i don’t have any of the required bits except a phone with a decent camera, and I didn’t even have that until a month or two ago.

I also live in Vegas, and there’s absolutely nothing I want to take photos of here. Guaranteed, someone would also steal the camera, so... .

Maybe after I move?

@Root I get what you mean. I used to live in Wyoming near Yellowstone. Absolutely beautiful country unless you see it everyday. It becomes less interesting over time.

Hope your able to move to a better neighborhood soon. I'm blessed to own a home in the suburbs with next to no crime.