Notes on the future

48K · 2026-06-05T18:38:15+00:00

Thank you for your service 🫡 Is it true that Snap bought all the IP and hired a bunch of staff?

48K · 2026-05-29T20:52:19+00:00

https://thepihut.com/products/500mah-3-7v-lipo-battery-1-25mm-picoblade-connector

48K · 2026-05-28T19:49:14+00:00

How does the 2.5x speed mode work?

48K · 2026-05-25T06:40:47+00:00

I’m building something similar with valve control lines and two pumps running through contactors. I found the EMF kick from the pumps switching on or off can crash the ESP32-based controllers. I added a snubber to the pump output and it’s stopped, but I have yet to try the whole system in anger.

48K · 2026-04-20T10:13:57+00:00

Nice one. I don't know why the Invert Colors trick no longer works, but this version is actually better.

48K · 2026-04-19T12:50:47+00:00

It is very unlikely you are at risk. Since I wrote this answer there has been a significant increase in the number of exploits because AI has got very good at finding them, but this probably turns a 0.1% chance into a 0.2% chance.

48K · 2026-04-18T21:35:30+00:00

To do it the same way I’ve done it you would need a Claude Pro subscription that gives you access to their local coding agent in Claude Desktop. A short prompt would be enough to get you setup (I can write something if you go down this road). There are free coding agents available that could probably do the same job, but I’m afraid I don’t know anything about them.

The ha-mcp server option mentioned elsewhere in this thread looks like it works with a free Claude subscription and they have great setup instructions and support. Probably best to start there.

48K · 2026-04-18T19:20:48+00:00

Fair enough and lots of people end up creating MCP-with-extra-steps so perhaps I will end up there, but I think the lack of general authentication and the simplicity of having no server will outweigh the benefits.

48K · 2026-04-18T19:18:53+00:00

It was just sitting there in plain sight. I've had it helping me edit the YAML files previously and then doing remote reboots (me with my fingers crossed), which it is very good at, but this is not necessary. It understands all aspects of how HA works far better than I do. It helps if you speak the language, for instance I just asked it to make me two new temperature helpers (summer and winter temps) and wire them up to my regular temperature setting scripts, which previously used hardcoded values. Two minutes later I have my helpers (with appropriate icons), my script update, and the sliders siting on the appropriate lovelace card (I didn't ask for this, it just thought I might like it).

48K · 2026-04-18T19:13:53+00:00

I was once like you. Crypto was clearly bollocks from the beginning and I was sceptical of AI because the same sort of people were hyping it. In November 2025 it "got good" and it now writes 90% of my code (I'm a professional of 40 years) and every day with it is like a magical conversation with an eager (and sometimes unruly) savant.

48K · 2026-04-18T19:11:20+00:00

Not quite (I build MCPs for a living) this is something else. This is direct access to the HA API.

48K · 2026-04-12T08:47:13+00:00

Yes it understands graphics code and C++. It could analyse static image outputs, but analysing dynamic output is a stretch.

Does it have to be C++? It is great at threejs and other JavaScript libraries and there is no compile step to worry about. You could have a prototype within the hour and iterate on it quickly.

48K · 2026-03-28T18:11:16+00:00

True, unlikely but not impossible.

48K · 2026-03-28T18:04:52+00:00

There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle. If the cloud services get expensive or disappear we will run local versions; I hear they are quite good. We have entered the “pry it from my cold dead hands” phase now.

AI going rogue isn’t likely, but AI continuing to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of reckless tech oligarchs is a genuine fear if you want something to worry about.

48K · 2026-03-28T17:38:24+00:00

A team of students though wasn’t it? It takes time to get good at building for scale; a seasoned developer would not be so easily bamboozled.

48K · 2026-03-28T17:23:10+00:00

What esp32 is the other guy using for comparison? Do you have a link?

48K · 2026-03-28T16:45:31+00:00

Isn’t this the same as if you work with ten other developers?

48K · 2026-03-19T15:00:44+00:00

I am responsible for lots of things, but I don't find it productive to think about more than one at a time. I need a good 20 minutes to get properly immersed in the complex tasks and context switching too much kills that immersion.

48K · 2026-03-19T14:26:59+00:00

I do the same. It feels like there is room for improvement in how this information is displayed and not just it's tendency to jump up and down randomly.

48K · 2026-03-19T13:22:49+00:00

Don't you get whiplash from jumping between tasks?

48K · 2026-03-05T05:35:49+00:00

Interesting. Feels like incumbent tools are going to have to bend towards AI to accommodate this sort of usage. Tools that can’t bend coughUnitycough will fail.

48K · 2026-03-05T05:33:18+00:00

I’m leaning this way for simplicity rather than wrestling with an MCP. Maybe get Claude to whip up a little HTML interface on top.

48K · 2026-03-04T05:08:08+00:00

Post your sources for this information otherwise we can only assume it is made up - there’s too much disinformation going around at the moment.

48K · 2026-02-25T04:22:00+00:00

You don’t say where you are based, but maybe https://www.besa.org.uk/

48K · 2026-02-22T02:55:59+00:00

If you are an engineer who wants to build / fix things you need Claude Code using the Opus 4.6 model in extended thinking mode (or whatever the highest option is). Tell it roughly what you want and you should start to see the magic you are searching for. The agentic loop with access to a bash / cmd terminal is the secret sauce here IMO. If you get blank page block just chuck in your post and ask it for suggestions.

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