ESP32 Devices

I’ve recently become obsessed with ESP32 devices. They come in all shapes and sizes and ESP32 is the name of the chip inside them. What makes them appealing to me is that they are completely programmable. You can make them do whatever you want. For instance, I now have this device sitting on my nightstand. It shows me the time, date, room temp, outside temp from my personal weather station, and the chance of rain today. It has two buttons on it that toggles my lights on and off. And every night at 11pm the display shuts off, only to turn back on at 7am. In other words, it’s exactly what I want it to be.

What’s made this possible is Claude Code. In the past, programming this type of device was beyond my reach. Now, it’s a reality. I just ordered a new device. I’m going to use it as a dashboard that sits on my desk. I’m going to have it display my latest Claude and GPT usage stats, and probably my meeting schedule. I’m sure I’ll think of a few other things I want it to show as well.

AI has allowed an entire new group of people to create the apps they want to use. Combined with ESP32 devices, it now allows people the ability to customize hardware exactly to their liking.