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Show HN: I built a toy music controller for my 5yo with a coding agent

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-25 21:32:36

sonoserve Simple server for my 5 year old to control his Sonos Play:1 speaker using an M5Stack CardPuter v1.1 esp32s3 device. As a kid, I'd like to restart my favorite playlist so that I can listen to my favorite music. As a kid, I'd like to play my favorite tracks. The plan to implement these user stories is to put most of the logic in a Go executable and use the cardputer as a simple hotkey controller. Ideally he will be able to turn it on, wait for a green light, then push one button to d

Topics: cardputer favorite kid like simple
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Show HN: Zenta – Mindfulness for Terminal Users

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-23 15:28:28

🧘 zenta Mindfulness that fits your coding flow When your mind wanders while coding, simply return to breath. No tracking, no metrics, no disruption—just pure awareness in your terminal. The noticing itself is the practice. ✨ ⚡ Quick Start # Install git clone https://github.com/e6a5/zenta.git && cd zenta && make install-system # Set up zen aliases echo " alias breath='zenta now --quick' " >> ~ /.zshrc echo " alias breathe='zenta now' " >> ~ /.zshrc echo " alias reflect='zenta reflect' " >> ~

Topics: breath breathing cycles simple zenta
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Writing toy software is a joy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-29 21:09:12

I am a huge fan of Richard Feyman’s famous quote: “What I cannot create, I do not understand” I think it’s brilliant, and it remains true across many fields (if you’re willing to be a little creative with the definition of ‘create’). It is to this principle that I believe I owe everything I’m truly good at. Some will tell you to avoid reinventing the wheel, but they’re wrong: you should build your own wheel, because it’ll teach you more about how they work than reading a thousand books on them

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