He replaced his embroidery machine's $12/mo app with one ChatGPT built
bilawalsidhu · x · 2026-10-25
A user bought a $300 Amazon embroidery machine whose biggest complaint is a mandatory $12/month companion app — so he had ChatGPT create a custom app that talks to the machine directly. Generative-art patches are next. A neat example of ordinary people using LLMs to break hardware-software lock-in.
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