Dale Nunns: Fowl Play - Hacking Toys to build a low-budget army [DevConf 2026]

Every dictator needs an army, but world domination is expensive. Can I build the ultimate fighting force using nothing but questionable toys from TEMU? It’s time to get our ducks in a row and find out. Join me as we tear apart cheap electronics, reverse engineer the hardware, and hijack communication protocols to mobilize a stationary duck squad. We’ll cover: Signal Analysis: Sniffing and decoding protocols. Reverse Engineering: Figuring out how all this stuff works Hardware Hacking: Modifying the toys to do our bidding. Software: Building some software to co-ordinate this new army. The "Quack-Team": Assembling the flock without breaking the bank. Will it work? Or will it be a total cluster-duck? Come find out.