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DIY Skylight-style family calendar
Skipped the subscription and built it with a Pi and Claude Code.
By @thebrianlee
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Overview
A smart family calendar display built from Amazon parts and a Raspberry Pi, coded with Claude Code, as an alternative to subscription devices like Skylight and Hearth.
How it works
Raspberry Pi drives a calendar display app written with Claude Code.
Hardware
- Raspberry Pi
- display
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