@LinusEkenstam: Literally going to spend the weekend hacking my TVs now.
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A developer shared how they used Claude Code to hack their TV, removing ads, bloatware, and spyware while adding a custom dashboard for Stripe payments, calendar, and weather. Another user quote-tweeted saying they'd spend the weekend hacking their own TVs.
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Literally going to spend the weekend hacking my TVs now.
Ryan Doyle (@doooyle): Hacked my TV with Claude Code today
No more ads, bloatware, spyware or laggy UI
I also got a beautiful screensaver with my revenue, calendar, weather, and notifications for new Stripe payments
It was super easy! I sent it the listing for my tv, asked “can you hack this?” And
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