He skipped a $12/mo app for his $300 embroidery machine by having ChatGPT build his own
simpsoka · x · 2026-10-25
A user bought a $300 embroidery machine on Amazon whose biggest complaint is a mandatory $12/month companion app. He had ChatGPT build a custom app that talks to the machine directly, bypassing the subscription, and plans to generate generative-art patches with it. The tweet went viral enough that he joked they'd sold out Amazon's stock.
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