I was wondering how to differently utilize an old Android phone with decent hardware resources, 8gb RAM + 256GB storage + Snapdragon
As we know, the ARM-based Snapdragon processor is great for low-power consumption device.
I’ve been holding a need to write a simple bot to alert me on Bitcoin price. Similar other online services are not reliable & prompt enough for me.
Looking at that Android phone, I was thinking what if I run the bot from it?
Quick search, then I found Termux. It allows me to run app in Linux settings without “root” access. That's great!
Now I need to decide how to write the bot. Few options in my mind, go simple with single node.js file or little adventure by running full framework app with Spring Boot + embedded DB H2 :)
Fast-forward >>
- Git installed
- JDK installed
- Maven installed
- Shell script to pull the source code from Github repo, with start/stop/restart options
Here it is,
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The bot,
It was fun!
Share your thoughts how else we can do with this small old device?