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Research your project name FIRST
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Datagod

I started programming when I was 11. Microsoft Basic on a TRS-80 computer.

Moved on to learn Pacal, C, C++, Cobol, SQL, PHP, Powershell, Python.

Been coding for 40 years and loving it.

Part of seriesDeveloping MeshTalk - My approach to programming and learning

When I came up with the name MeshTalk I thought I was being clever. My project was created with the desire to quickly send messages to a network of Meshtastic devices.

Sadly for me, the name MeshTalk is already in use on several different projects.

Today I renamed MeshTalk to MeshWatch. I did background checks and there are no other projects using that name. Yeah!

Rename the Repository

Thankfully GitHub provides detailed instructions for this relatively easy task.

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On my Raspberry Pi I cloned the new repository and opened up meshwatch.py using visual studio code. Easy peasy!

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Noah Ford5y ago

Great use of the Series functionality. Love how well organized your blogging on this project has been!

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Mausam Singh5y ago

That's the first thing every programmer should do before naming your application/website. It's good that you were able to do without facing any problems

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Developing MeshTalk - My approach to programming and learning

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In this series I will show you my development process, the way I explore and learn, and hopefully end up with a decent working product at the end. [MeshTalk](https://github.com/datagod/meshtalk)

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