a guy reverse-engineered his cheap wifi AC and vibe coded a tiny menu bar app so he never has to find the remote again
2.1M views. the next day he ported the same app to his Snap Specs glasses in under 15 minutes with Codex
here's how to do it with your own AC, step by step:
step 1 → find the AC's IP in your router app, it has to be on the same wifi as your laptop
step 2 → search GitHub and Home Assistant for your brand first, a lot of popular wifi AC protocols are already mapped
step 3 → give Claude Code the IP and the brand, tell it to map the local commands read-only
step 4 → let it write one script: power, mode, temperature, fan
step 5 → run every command once by hand and watch the AC react before you trust it
step 6 → wrap it in a menu bar app, on a Mac SwiftBar puts any script in the menu bar
step 7 → stop at the wifi module, never flash the firmware
the warning: a reddit user just bricked his Sony A7 IV going one step too far into the firmware. stay on the network layer
result: before, the remote is lost somewhere in the couch. after, one click from the top of your screen
works on most wifi appliances: AC, heaters, fans, dehumidifiers, smart plugs
full prompt in the reply ↓
full prompt:
"This is my own wifi AC on my own home network. Map how it can be controlled locally. Read-only first: find its IP, open ports and any local API, and check GitHub and Home Assistant for an existing integration for this brand. Show me every command you find before sending anything. Never touch firmware, the bootloader or anything I can't undo. Then write one small script for power, mode, temperature and fan, and a menu bar app that calls it."
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It vaulted the barrier, landed in a crouch, and opened fire.
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This isn't a leak or a rumor. It's an official government account showing its own homework.
Ukraine's own Minister of Digital Transformation posted this himself: a field test for the country's new "Robot Army" program, 24 seconds of machines being put through real conditions instead of a controlled stage. The goal stated right alongside the clip is blunt — find the strongest teams, test fast, field what works.
This isn't a leak or a rumor. It's an official government account showing its own homework.
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Humanoid robots were supposed to carry boxes.
This one carries a rotary cannon and shoots down drone swarms.
Same technology. Very different job. Are we ready for this?
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