Welcome to the club. Quick version of why this place exists: everyone's using AI to build software, and I think most of them are missing the more interesting move... For less than 50 quid you can buy a little computer, plug it in, and have Claude write the code to make it do genuinely useful stuff. No soldering. No electronics background. I'd know, I haven't got one. I run a marketing agency. Six months ago I couldn't have built any of this. Right now there are devices on my desk that: - Show my Claude Code usage so I can see it working - Scroll through my calendar, the weather, and a client's live ad numbers - Play a fanfare when that client makes a sale (easily the best feature I've built) I'm five devices in and I'm documenting everything here as I go: what I buy, what it costs, what breaks, the prompts I use, the code Claude writes, all of it. The builds that fail go up too, because that's where the actual lessons are. I'm not an expert. I'm maybe three weeks ahead of you. That's the point of the club: work it out in public, together. Do these two things now: 1. Drop a comment introducing yourself: who you are and what you'd put on a little screen on YOUR desk if you could. Best answer gets built on camera. 2. Turn on notifications for this group so you catch the builds as they land. Fish

Hey everyone! Just joined but loving this community and thrilled to throw my hat in the ring for this one. What I want to build: A pocket-sized heart-rate zone alert for running and cycling. It connects via Bluetooth to my existing HR chest strap, I set my Zone 2 range on it, and it gives me haptic feedback as I train — a gentle buzz as I approach the top of Zone 2, and a beep if I go over. No screen-watching, no expensive GPS/Apple Watch needed. Why I want it to exist: I do a lot of Zone 2 training and it's really easy to drift into Zone 3 without noticing, especially on hills or when its hot. I don't want another £300+ watch just to get an alert — I want the cheapest possible dedicated device that does exactly one job: keep me honest on effort, hands-free, in my pocket or hand. Hardware I think I need: - M5StickC PLUS SE (ESP32-based, has BLE + built-in buzzer already onboard) — £18.20 - M5StickC Vibration HAT (clip-on add-on for the buzz/vibrate feedback) — £3.40 - USB-C cable to program/charge it (may already have one) — ~£2.25 - My existing Bluetooth HR chest strap (already own it) Rough cost: ~£22–24 total Where I'm at: Have a Raspberry PI from a few years ago, played with it a little bit, all before AI. Can't wait to see where this goes!