For easy development, hook up an ESP8266 NodeMCU development board and connect RXD to D6, TXD to D5 and GND to GND.
Finally use the env:nodemcuv2 PlatformIO environment during
development.
This allows simultaneously having the NodeMCU connected to the power supply and using the USB serial port for flashing as well as monitor log output.
Beware that this configuration uses SoftwareSerial
for the connection to the power supply, which limits
the safe UART baudrate to 38400 bps.
To test the release workflow execute:
$ act --container-architecture linux/amd64 --artifact-server-path $PWD/act-cache -e act/release.json -W .github/workflows/release.yaml
Note that the Release step will fail.