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Technique

Tuya bulbs flashed to OpenBeken

Smart light bulbs were re-flashed to run open firmware so they work without the vendor's cloud.

built Sep 2026 updated Oct 2026 Cloudflare and the edge

how it works

tuya-rekey/tuya-beacon tooling, retired after bulbs moved to OpenBeken over MQTT; docs/openbeken-bulbs.md.

Technique: A pattern or hard-won lesson, written down so it isn't learned twice.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

firmwareiotmqtt

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