Writing

Notes on peripheral AI
and hardware companions.

Thoughts on AI coding agents, e-paper hardware, peripheral UI, and what it's like building a physical companion for Claude Code, Cursor, and every other agent that lives in your editor.

  • InksPet v1.1 now pairs directly with Claude desktop as a Hardware Buddy

    Anthropic quietly shipped a Bluetooth LE Hardware Buddy API in the Claude desktop app. InksPet v1.1.1 implements the full protocol — pair over LE Secure Connections, see live session stats on the e-paper, approve Claude's next tool call with a physical button.

    claude-desktop hardware-buddy bluetooth-le release-notes

  • Why a physical AI agent monitor beats another dashboard tab

    Another sidebar, another status bar, another Slack bot: the default answer for "where do I see what my AI agent is doing?" is always more software. Here's the case for putting it on a piece of hardware instead — and what that buys you in focus, trust, and peripheral attention.

    peripheral-ui ai-agents hardware
More posts coming. Watch the GitHub repository or star the project for updates.