Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I built a glowing shadowbox that lights up every time I make a sale in my Etsy or Shopify shop, so I get the dopamine hit without diving into my phone and getting distracted. It uses an ESP32 wifi microcontroller, IFTTT, and Adafruit IO.

00:00 Intro
00:42 Thank you DigiKey
01:18 Software: IFTTT + Adafruit IO
03:13 API Alternatives & AI Coding
04:38 CodeCraft
05:04 Physical circuit and shadowbox build
06:28 Finished project & Outro

Becky Stern is a maker living in NYC, publishing DIY projects about technology, and crafts from her Brooklyn studio.

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