The Key Pattern

This page is a part of Design Patterns.

Its content is derived from the presentation "Building a Hacker Space" by Jens Ohlig and Lars Weiler.

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Problem

You want the hackerspace accessible all the time. You do not want to call somebody else during the night to lock the hackerspace when you leave.

Implementation

Hand out keys. Track who owns a key. Have a good lock so that nobody can copy the key without your permission. Collect a deposit for the key, so that the owner takes care for it. Or build a nice electronic locking system (with all cool things and all messy problems)...

References

• http://www.scribd.com/doc/9897224/1003Building-a-Hacker-Space#page=78