Do you ever feel like you have a strong connection with a guy but suddenly they ghost you? My Asus router knows how you feel.

I’m getting sick of fixing my TV remotes. Universal remotes are all over priced monsters. So instead I thought I’d wack together an IR blaster from the spare parts draw. The goal here I thought it would be easy, infrared remotes use decades old technology. I wanted to use an ESP8266 I had laying around for its WiFi. Surely its a popular project with millions of guides and examples to work off?