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Dev Journal

Unfiltered session notes. The wins, the struggles, and everything in between. This is what building actually looks like.

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Sun, Dec 21+ win
4 min

Publishing to HuggingFace: A Different Paradigm

Refactored Focus Guardian for the Pollen Robotics ecosystem. Learned the hard way that dashboard plugins work differently than standalone apps.

#apps#huggingface#ecosystem#architecture
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Sun, Dec 21! excited
3 min

Day One: Setting Up the Documentation Site

Launched runreachyrun.com to document the Reachy Mini build. Built with Next.js, Tailwind, and Claude Code. The meta-narrative begins.

#meta#launch#claude-code#next.js
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Sat, Dec 20+ win
5 min

First Physical Robot Boot (with Claude Code)

45 minutes from 'help me get it running' to a talking robot. Real-time debugging with an AI pair programmer.

#hardware#debugging#claude-code#breakthrough
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Sat, Dec 20! excited
3 min

DJ Reactor: Making Reachy Dance

Started work on a music-reactive app. Reachy will respond to beats with synchronized movements.

#apps#dj-reactor#audio#librosa
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Thu, Dec 18! excited
3 min

Focus Guardian: The Concept

Brainstorming session for a productivity app. Reachy as a body double that provides gentle accountability.

#apps#focus-guardian#concept#productivity
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Wed, Dec 17~ struggle
4 min

Camera Integration: A Dead End (For Now)

Attempted to integrate head pose detection via the robot's camera. Hit a wall with headless mode. Parking this for later.

#software#camera#blocker#debugging
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Tue, Dec 16+ win
4 min

First Successful Coordinated Movement

After 3 hours of coordinate system confusion, Reachy finally moved the way I intended. The breakthrough moment.

#software#sdk#debugging#coordinates
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Sun, Dec 14+ win
3 min

MuJoCo Simulation: Now We're Cooking

Got the physics simulation running in headless mode. I can now develop without the physical robot.

#software#simulation#mujoco#infrastructure
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