Esp8266 Relay without delay Issues/pulling my hair out

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It will be much easier to use a framework for the ESP8266.
Check out:

1. GitHub - homieiot/homie-esp8266: 💡 ESP8266 framework for Homie, a lightweight MQTT convention for the IoT
2. Releases · homieiot/homie-esp8266 · GitHub
3. http://marvinroger.github.io/homie-esp8266/

and of course:

[Framework] Homie for ESP8266

After I purchased some ESP8266-boards (NodeMCU v1.0 and WeMos D1 mini) I was looking for an easy way to connect them via wifi to an mqtt broker. I found this framework called "Homie for ESP8266" The “bare minimum sketch” (“Hello World”) is only 10 lines of code and provides everything to connect to your wifi, your mqtt broker and sending general information. It startes as an access point on configuration mode after flashing. With a simple app (Web, Android, iOS) you can configure Wif…