Things I Built With Claude
October 22, 2026
I've been having too much fun with claude lately, so if you're looking for ideas here's some of the things I've been building
A remote camera shutter for my Garmin watch
One of the things I missed after switching from an Apple Watch to Garmin was a remote shutter, so I could take photos while my phone is on a tripod. Now I have that on Garmin as well.
Custom apps for my Sony camera and DJI Osmo Action
Both official apps are either bad or full of bloatware. Claude reverse engineered them, or found the relevant open source repos, and built clean and minimal iOS app replacements. I can finally download RAW files from my a6400 now.
Cleaning up my TV
Like everyone else has been doing, I gave Claude access to my TV and it cleared out a ton of crap.
It also built several new APKs that talk to some of my other services, like the IP camera.
Controlling my treadmill
Apparently my home treadmill has Bluetooth with a completely open protocol, so Claude was able to access the entire controls.
My robot vacuum
Just for fun, but you can "hack" it to drive it with your arrow keys, or open source repoeven make it talk.
A custom lockscreen for my old Kindle
It shows me random book, article and social media highlights that I've made.
I set mine up to fetch a random highlight from the screvi API and display it on the lockscreen.
You can use the same setup to display anything you'd like on an e-ink screen.
An old Android phone as an IP camera
Works great, and the quality is much better than a cheap camera. The only downside is that I don't know how safe it is for the battery to stay plugged in 100% of the time.