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+# Nodebotanist's Notes on using the ESP32
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+* The Arduino IDE is NOT complete, use the espressif IDE
+* Pretty well-written API
+* Might want to look into making a docker container to work from? The IDE takes a lot of installation
+* I'll post sketches soon