In an insightful interview, Tephlon, an active member of the n8n community, discusses his extensive experience with technology and his work with n8n on Raspberry Pi, highlighting its potential in the IoT realm. Growing up in the Canadian prairies, Tephlon developed an early interest in technology, which led to a 25-year career in IT. He contrasts n8n's strong community-driven development with other tools like Node-Red, appreciating the direct communication with n8n's developers and the entrepreneurial spirit behind its fair-code software model. Tephlon is currently engaged in various n8n projects, including developing security models and deployment best practices, and he emphasizes the importance of using n8n for meaningful business integrations rather than trivial tasks. Looking ahead, he envisions leveraging n8n to enhance home automation and expresses a desire for features like a crawler to further automate and integrate systems.