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@sumitshinde-84 sumitshinde-84 changed the title Blog: Node-RED: Nick O'Leary's Creation, Raspberry Pi Explosion, Community Movement, and Industrial Conquest Blog: The Node-RED Story: How Visual Programming Escaped the Lab and Conquered Industry Dec 31, 2025
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OK for me @sumitshinde-84 thanks. @knolleary what do you think? Adding you as reviewer too.

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:)

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I like my suit :)

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description: "Read how Node-RED evolved from Nick O'Leary's weekend IBM project into a global phenomenon—powering millions of home assistance setups, sparking a Raspberry Pi revolution, building a 4,300+ node community, and conquering industrial IoT with FlowFuse's enterprise platform."
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By the handbook instructions, you should create this and maybe have @Yndira-E update if needed.

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yes, I will

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Hi @sumitshinde-84 please check this out.

I noticed the latest tiles were all created with the dark indigo background, but we should alternate backgrounds: if the previous tile was dark, the next one should be light (and vice-versa).

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Thanks, Yndira, for the heads-up ! I’ll keep this in mind while creating the next ones.

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