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I moved into a new apartment on August, and so far, it's been great.

One of the things that I noticed when I got the keys to the apartment was that the front-door key was labeled "do not duplicate."


I normally copied a set of keys just in case I lose them, so I checked the internet to see if the "do not duplicate" denoted a physical difficulty or a moral request. The results pointed towards the former. Search results pointed out that these keys required a special "owner card," and locksmiths needed a special copying device for these specific locks. Inconvenient.

Meanwhile, I was humoring the thought of getting my hands on a Raspberry Pi, but I couldn't really think of a reason to justify the purchase.

Well, the two thoughts crossed ways, and the conclusion of "I should program something to open my front door" was made.

How?

There's an intercom system in the apartment, and I supposed that having something press the door open button would be something.

And the click on the check out button was made.

That was about 2 weeks ago.The Raspberry Pi is now here, and I have already started messing around with it. 

After working on it a bit, doing research on implementation and "learning" Python whenever it is needed, I thought that recording my progress would be a good and organized way to look back on it.

This is that record, and I'll try to write as much information as I can.

Couple of posts would be a recap of my progress to date, and future posts will be more of an update.
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