“small random idea i had for MB27: meshnet-based voting over a device handed out with your votekey
wuhu or whatnot would also work, but communicating the votes as well over that for the current entry (or, if a screen and up/down buttons are added, for any live voting entry) could be a cute concept

definitely a gimmick but could be nice, esp if we can get the devices printed cheaply (shouldn't be too hard)
after the event beings can take them home and use them as repeaters for the meshnet chosen and reuse the controls for whatever, ofc. and like in addition to that, the demoparty category of beings also would probably quite well line up with the group that'd want to participate in a meshnet

+ it doesnt increase the device count on the wifi network (meshtastic gets faster with more nodes, not slower, for example - i think meshcore does too), nor does it make the device useless after the event (compared to say a wi-fi equivalent that'd just be left to die)”

This was one of the last texts by memdmp in MountainBytes’ orga chat, before its life ended way too early on April 23rd, 2026.

memdmp joined our orga team after last year’s CoSin – with ease it took on the ever-unruly Wuhu, the at times even more unruly Graphics and Music Compo, and was just full of ideas how to further the party, make it more colourful, more tinker-y, more of everything.

It sometimes wasn’t easy to explain to convey how we loved its ideas, but that our brains didn’t work in overdrive like its own did. How we would sometimes hesitate, from experience that overengineering eventually comes with increased expectations.

What was even harder, maybe impossible, to convey was how invaluable its work for our team was – be it wrangling the party system, be it its help building and maintaining Echtzeit’s infrastructure, be it running two compos flawlessly at first try, or its sheer bottomless well of ideas and passion for the demoscene and creative tinkering.

Thank you for helping us, confusing us, challenging us, organising with us. We only wish it could have been for longer.

❤️ Rest in peace, mem. We will keep you in our hearts. ❤️

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