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"Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon "

A developer posting as Gathin on X used Anthropic's Claude Code to strip 25 Xiaomi packages from his parents' Android TV and write a replacement launcher, after the set showed a sponsored ad before Netflix could load. Gathin said Claude Code located the TV on the local network from its model number, and that the prompt, launcher source and the problems encountered are published, with the method working on any Android TV or Google TV and all changes reversible.

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"Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon "
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Gathin | AI × Robotics on X: "Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon! It was showing a sponsored ad before you could even get to Netflix. Gave Claude Code the model number, it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages and wrote a new launcher. Looks like an Apple TV now lol" / X

Gathin | AI × Robotics on X: "Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon! It was showing a sponsored ad before you could even get to Netflix. Gave Claude Code the model number, it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages and wrote a new launcher. Looks like an Apple TV now lol"

Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon! It was showing a sponsored ad before you could even get to Netflix. Gave Claude Code the model number, it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages and wrote a new launcher. Looks like an Apple TV now lol

Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon! It was showing a sponsored ad before you could even get to Netflix. Gave Claude Code the model number, it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages and wrote a new launcher. Looks like an Apple TV now lol

Prompt, launcher source and the gotchas I hit are all here. works on any Android TV / Google TV, everything is reversible and feel free to tweak it to your needs :)

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