Meshtastic: Why Hyperlocal Communication Matters
LoRa mesh as a social technology—resilient, playful, and useful when the network isn’t there.
Allison••1 min read
Full-Stack Developer
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Meshtastic: Why Hyperlocal Communication Matters
I love the way Meshtastic shrinks the world: a few inexpensive nodes, a little power, and suddenly you have ambient community without cell towers or cloud accounts.
It’s not just a backup system. It’s a different social shape—slow, local, and resilient. That resonates with the way I think about tech: empower the edges and remove unnecessary intermediaries.
What I’m experimenting with
- Neighborhood bulletin channels with etiquette baked in
- Low‑power solar nodes
- Useful payloads: weather, alerts, meetups