Weird topic in MQTT explorer - am I spamming broker?

Thanks, I set it to QoS 0 not retain and am experimenting with the results.

I'm noticing an issue in serial monitor which is causing unresponsiveness:
Attempting MQTT connection...failed, rc=-2 try again in 5 seconds

I think it's due to the number of analogRead's happening in void loop, but I need a lot to get the sample rate.

Looking into it...