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tl;dr – The title.

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I’m aware these are drastically different questions. But, basically I have some ideas for a small RPI4 build, I’ve got a lot of the kit I want, and now it’s sort of time to put it all together. I would really like some place to get ideas/advice.

1) The build is hoping to be a slightly ‘retro’ feel in both software and hardware. I was wondering if there was a community of people who make themed builds… cosplay for hardware basically, I am looking to build something like the devices seen around in Alien movies/Alien Isolation… that sort of 70s feel of the future. Was hoping there was somewhere people build stuff like that.

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2) UI For the device is going to replicate some of the stuff I’ve seen in films, but even as a professional software developer, I’m a bit lost in what UI frameworks people use for this sort of thing. Do people just use javascript/node apps for front end on these things and run it full screen? If so, are there popular frameworks that people use on pis? I’m a dotnet core developer by trade, so c# would be ideal, but i can get by with almost anything… current front runner is to try and do something in html5 and use asp.net core behind it for functionality.

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I’m aware this is a bit all over the place, but was hoping this community would be a good place to start a discussion and get a bit of advice.

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Thanks.

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