Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch

(mikekasberg.com)

31 points | by speckx 1 hour ago

6 comments

  • bravura 51 minutes ago
    The PineTime watch unfortunately does not have any microphone, so there is no possibility of voice control.
  • _def 1 hour ago
    Yay, I wanted to do the same - glad someone did work on it and shared it! Thanks! Although I think what I've learned is that I actually don't like wrist bands, so... yeah.
    • Groxx 11 minutes ago
      fwiw I pretty much only like the metal "mesh" bands, if you haven't tried those - all other kinds make me sweat (or get uncomfortably juicy when I sweat) and/or collect crud that eventually irritates my skin if I don't wash it frequently. the mesh breathes extremely well in comparison, and essentially doesn't build up gunk at all.

      also many watches are incredibly thick and I apparently routinely get my wrist within millimeters of darn near everything. a thin one (pebble time round) solved that, and being light also means it doesn't slide around or require a very tight strap.

    • x______________ 1 hour ago
      > <..>I actually don't like wrist bands

      What's stopping you from using the watch piece by itself or as another type of wearable accessory?

    • jareklupinski 1 hour ago
      mine is on a wallet chain like a pocketwatch
  • dallen33 1 hour ago
    Not the point of the article but it did show a Bluesky post... I didn't know you could make the Apple Watch interface look different with a third-party app. I gotta try this out.
  • system2 14 minutes ago
    If it is open source, is it still considered hacking?
    • mlmonkey 14 minutes ago
      Hacking means much more than just breaking into systems ...
    • yomismoaqui 9 minutes ago
      Asking this on a site called Hacker News is gold.
  • NoboruWataya 1 hour ago
    > Although I’ve been saying “Claude”, I actually did most of the work in OpenCode with some of my favorite open weights models. Kimi K3 & K2.6, and DeepSeek v4 Pro & Flash.

    ... This seems needlessly confusing/misleading? Author continues to use "Claude" throughout the article.

    • HanClinto 1 hour ago
      Maybe "Claude" is the new "Xerox", but for coding agents instead of copiers?
      • hgoel 54 minutes ago
        Like older people saying "ChatGPT" for everything AI
        • mlhpdx 2 minutes ago
          Not just older people, though they may be more likely to make the “Googling with ChatGPT” joke.
      • NitpickLawyer 56 minutes ago
        Or the refs in some american game using "iPads" while visibly holding some MS tablets that they probably paid handsomely to be used and displayed...
  • knodi 42 minutes ago
    if you used the word "Hacking" anywhere in your project i'm suprised Fable didn't downgrade you.