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What is shipped and what is still on the list. Updated automatically from the tutorial catalog. The full plan is at ~/.hermes/plans/2026-08-26_120000-ctrlaltbrian-tutorials-site.md.

205 tutorials live
4 books on the shelf
4 books ready to ship

Tracks

Tracks are the natural unit of bundling. A track turns "mature" at 3+ tutorials and is "complete" at 5+.

ESP32

foundations 10 sensors 28 outputs 19 connectivity 31 power 10 projects 16 tools 3

Arduino

foundations 7 sensors 10 outputs 7 connectivity 5 power 0 projects 11 tools 0

Raspberry Pi

foundations 3 sensors 2 outputs 1 connectivity 8 power 0 projects 5 tools 2

Pico

foundations 9 sensors 5 outputs 5 connectivity 8 power 0 projects 0 tools 0

Books

Home Automation with Raspberry Pi Turn a Raspberry Pi into the brain of your home network. Pi-hole, Mosquitto, Node-RED, Samba, and the dozen small services that turn a Pi into a home server.
Ready to ship $24
Arduino Robotics: servos, steppers, and sensors Build small robots with Arduino. Servo arms, stepper motor control, ultrasonic distance, and the math that ties it all together.
Ready to ship $19
IoT with ESP32: from sensor to dashboard The complete path from a wired-up sensor to a web dashboard you can check from your phone.
Ready to ship $29
Pico and MicroPython: from setup to PIO The fastest path from a Pico in a box to projects that use MicroPython, PIO, Wi-Fi, and sensors.
Ready to ship $22

Next up

These are the foundational tutorials from the plan that fill the cluster gaps. Run npm run new-tutorial -- --list for the full checklist.

ESP32: BME280, DS18B20, MPU6050 (sensors) ESP32: BLE peripheral + central, HTTPS (connectivity) ESP32: dev boards vs bare modules, 18650 + TP4056 (power) Arduino: DHT22, HC-SR04, ESP8266 bridge, deep sleep Pi: gpiozero, BME280, Docker, Home Assistant, nginx, WireGuard Pico: BME280, stepper, LCD, MQTT, uasyncio