People are vibe coding their way to better TVs
Just imagine... a nice, clean homescreen with no ads, thanks to Claude. | Image: cleanyourtvVibe coding has reached TVs. Social media is awash with posts from people using LLMs and open-source tools to remove ads and tracking, trim bloat so the OS runs faster, and even completely change the look and organization of their homescreens. While a lot of it is fun - one user turned their TV homescreen into a Pokemon town - I think there's a level of frustration behind it, too. And TV companies should take notice.
Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon!
It was showing a sponsored ad before you could even get to Netflix.
Gave Claude Code the model number, it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages and wrote a new launcher.
Looks ...