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Htmx - Back to the Server Side
Warning: This post may contain opinions.
I’ve recently got interested in some of the new developments in web development, and in particular, the htmx library. This is a library that allows you to add dynamic behaviour to your web pages, without having to write any Javascript. It feels to the spirit of the web I knew and loved back in the 90s, which was all about hypermedia, and the ability to link between documents.
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V2H Part2 - Learning to Use It
Teething Issues We’ve had our V2H charger a while now, but had a couple of teething problems around a software issue that have made it somewhat hard to figure out the best way to use it. We are one of the limited number of customers who have been given an export limit by the DNO (Distribution Network Operator) telling us how much electricity we are allowed to export to the grid at any time.
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Octopus Tariff Comparisons
Octopus Tariff Comparisons Changing Tariff At some point in November, we were experiencing consistently higher prices on Octopus Agile, and I decided to switch tariffs for the rest of the winter at least. Octopus have an “Intelligent Octopus” tariff that charges 7.5p kWh between 11:30pm and 6:00am each day, and around 30p kWh the rest of the time. This tariff is not supported by our V2H charger yet - they specifically say it’s not supported.
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