I recently put together a hack to alert me when the washing machine was done, via an ESP8266 device. By far the most frustrating part was waiting to test it.

I recently put together a hack to alert me when the washing machine was done, via an ESP8266 device. By far the most frustrating part was waiting to test it. I didn't want to run the washing machine (empty) just to test it, so I had to schedule debugging and testing times when we were doing laundry for real. The moment it worked for the first time was definitely a happy one though! Edit - https://steve.fi/Hardware/washing-machine-alarm/ https://steve.fi/Hardware/washing-machine-alarm/