# ![@marshallrichrds Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::462994962.png) @marshallrichrds Marshall Richards

Marshall Richards posts on X about marshall, toy, in the, reverse the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  6.96% [gaming](/list/gaming)  4.35% [stocks](/list/stocks)  3.48% [finance](/list/finance)  1.74% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.87% [products](/list/products)  0.87% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.87% [countries](/list/countries)  0.87%

**Social topic influence**
[marshall](/topic/marshall) #355, [toy](/topic/toy) 9.57%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 6.96%, [reverse](/topic/reverse) #94, [minecraft](/topic/minecraft) 4.35%, [pi](/topic/pi) #1873, [claude code](/topic/claude-code) 3.48%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 3.48%, [future](/topic/future) 3.48%, [stuff](/topic/stuff) 2.61%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"I have had a lot of fun lately letting Claude fully control my old ThinkPad. This finally feels like the correct way to interact with computers like somethings been missing this entire time until now. Give Claude a laptop to live in you wont regret it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2014206489003524210)  2026-01-22T05:20Z 14.4K followers, 886.2K engagements


"Can confirm [--] players connected to a minecraft server running on a $25 phone works surprisingly well. @marshallrichrds Hows the performance Id love to do this but Im worried it wouldnt be able to handle 3-4 people simultaneously and a decent render distance (vanilla) @marshallrichrds Hows the performance Id love to do this but Im worried it wouldnt be able to handle 3-4 people simultaneously and a decent render distance (vanilla)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2001885260221681848)  2025-12-19T05:20Z 14.4K followers, 1.6M engagements


"ClawPhone is alive. I installed OpenClaw on a $25 phone and gave it full access to the hardware. I havent explored everything yet but its a cool formfactor for agents to run on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020034922304426237)  2026-02-07T07:20Z 14.4K followers, 807.3K engagements


"Beyond the phone specific tasks I showed off I think a ClawPhone is great cheap way to test out OpenClaw on an isolated device. It can do all the normal OpenClaw things like hook into email systems put stuff on your calendar write programs browse the internet etc. But I think some of the most compelling things with OpenClaw are on the IoT and hardware connection side like where it can fully control a phone or a robot or a home automation system and you can just message it from Discord like you would another person. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020041410079051963"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020041410079051963)  2026-02-07T07:46Z 14.4K followers, 37.7K engagements


"I gave Claude a home on an old ThinkPad I had lying around. Simple way to have a sandbox where instances can run 24/7 and I can connect to it from anywhere over Tailscale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2013058377841094970)  2026-01-19T01:18Z 14.4K followers, 90.5K engagements


"Here's a repo with my for this project and some of the scaffolding I have that you could adapt to your own spare machine Claude's Home system: https://github.com/marshallrichards/ClaudePad http://CLAUDE.md https://github.com/marshallrichards/ClaudePad http://CLAUDE.md"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2014493723061621036)  2026-01-23T00:21Z 14.4K followers, 17.3K engagements


"ClaudePad is now mounted on his monitor arm and ready for action. Going to try a ralph loop overnight for it to make suggestions on what can be improved on the system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2014589049692909930)  2026-01-23T06:40Z 14.4K followers, 27.8K engagements


"Hosting both Clawdbot and Claude Code from inside a $25 phone feels wrong but it kinda works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2016070896507621680)  2026-01-27T08:48Z 14.4K followers, 62.1K engagements


"Weve entered an era now where you basically have to be unemployed to keep up with all of AI progress which incidentally may itself lead to such conditions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2016402565798199703)  2026-01-28T06:46Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"if you want to try out the server for yourself Some other things to mention: - Having root would fix a lot of the problems with Android killing the process but since the phone is sold through a prepaid carrier its basically impossible to root. - You definitely can use it for 24/7 services like a web server but they will be killed by Android at some point so you just have to have plans in place for recovery. Im experimenting with using Tasker to automatically recover from a crash and restart Termux and the Minecraft server inside. - I am keeping track of the list of tweaks Ive used to make"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2017865463804346510)  2026-02-01T07:39Z 14.4K followers, 47.5K engagements


"full 12/12 lobby on the $25 phone Minecraft server right now. definitely a stress test Its been a month now since I started running a public Minecraft server from a $25 phone. Android hates being a server OS but its definitely possible with a few tweaks. https://t.co/Ibrq6XVpv7 Its been a month now since I started running a public Minecraft server from a $25 phone. Android hates being a server OS but its definitely possible with a few tweaks. https://t.co/Ibrq6XVpv7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2018090972442206637)  2026-02-01T22:35Z 14.4K followers, 10.7K engagements


"it did in fact crash from this lol Might have to reduce player count in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2018092122168078370)  2026-02-01T22:40Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@tomdale seeing people become AGI pilled this late in the game is kind of funny"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2019669944900972809)  2026-02-06T07:10Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@sudo_goreng dont give me any ideas👀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020036045912568136)  2026-02-07T07:24Z 14.4K followers, 16.1K engagements


"@AntDX316 made a repo with some helpful notes: https://github.com/marshallrichards/ClawPhone https://github.com/marshallrichards/ClawPhone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020056308683342111)  2026-02-07T08:45Z 14.4K followers, 11.1K engagements


"@fakeandgaybro In the US yea it's $30 right now: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Motorola-Moto-g-2025-5G-64GB-Blue-Prepaid-Smartphone-Locked-to-Straight-Talk/14552506783 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-Motorola-Moto-g-2025-5G-64GB-Blue-Prepaid-Smartphone-Locked-to-Straight-Talk/14552506783"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2020056545065922825)  2026-02-07T08:46Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@davidofug Yes You can find it almost anywhere. Its the Moto G [----]. But in the US its only $30 right now: Also any other Android 12+ smartphone will work. https://www.walmart.com/ip/14552506783sid=123bec2c-bc0d-4bda-8788-14bd11248e40 https://www.walmart.com/ip/14552506783sid=123bec2c-bc0d-4bda-8788-14bd11248e40"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2021108297047183852)  2026-02-10T06:25Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@cryptoleek I have some instructions on my repo: Will update more tomorrow. https://github.com/marshallrichards/ClawPhone https://github.com/marshallrichards/ClawPhone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2021112265458483608)  2026-02-10T06:41Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@willreil hot glue is the one true secret to industrial success. well done"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2021434822019936523)  2026-02-11T04:03Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@dick_lean aura farming would be if he struck this pose again and said whats up Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1885768087158329411)  2025-02-01T19:12Z 14.4K followers, 42.9K engagements


"made some more progress on reverse engineering one of the best-selling toy drones on Amazon. can now takeoff/land from a desktop client programmatically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1922102595239202944)  2025-05-13T01:32Z 14.4K followers, 82.9K engagements


"update: full control achieved. Can now fully control (throttle pitch roll yaw) one of the best selling toy drones on Amazon from a desktop client. made some more progress on reverse engineering one of the best-selling toy drones on Amazon. can now takeoff/land from a desktop client programmatically https://t.co/75PkhYQZ0A made some more progress on reverse engineering one of the best-selling toy drones on Amazon. can now takeoff/land from a desktop client programmatically https://t.co/75PkhYQZ0A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1922508365713846678)  2025-05-14T04:24Z 14.4K followers, 73.8K engagements


"another day another best selling toy drone now works with the reverse engineered turbodrone API and client. will update the repo soon with a table listing tested compatible and suspected compatible drones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923223278794998263)  2025-05-16T03:45Z 14.4K followers, 11.2K engagements


"@ptrschmdtnlsn its crazy actually how cheap they are: $30 at Walmart. picked a few up. got some projects in mind using it as an IoT device for home automation stuff. basically a raspberry pi replacement that comes with a screen cameras microphone etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923581332854120597)  2025-05-17T03:28Z 14.4K followers, 845.7K engagements


"time to see if we can get firmware dumped from the best selling toy drones on Amazon. theres a clear UART and possibly a JTAG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923624332271448316)  2025-05-17T06:19Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I made an app this past weekend using a $30 android smartphone to send me notifications when my dryer was done drying. They sell these phones at a loss thinking youre gonna buy a data plan dont do that. Instead use for DIY projects in place of a raspberry pi or esp32. @ptrschmdtnlsn its crazy actually how cheap they are: $30 at Walmart. picked a few up. got some projects in mind using it as an IoT device for home automation stuff. basically a raspberry pi replacement that comes with a screen cameras microphone etc. @ptrschmdtnlsn its crazy actually how cheap they are: $30 at Walmart. picked a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1931937088955351270)  2025-06-09T04:51Z 14.4K followers, 876.5K engagements


"this is what my fiancesees when I show her something I'm building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1932268225250664521)  2025-06-10T02:46Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"okay make that [--] more models totally forgot I had this one but the FlyVista V88 works with turbodrone now through the WiFi UAV implementation and its only $30 on Amazon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1934468469132546440)  2025-06-16T04:29Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"recently explored implementing a poor mans GPIO on a $30 android smartphone using the headphone jack. a raspberry pi is better in most cases but in a pinch you can use a cheap phone with a simple $3 circuit to control things programmatically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1947501861340385777)  2025-07-22T03:40Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"FYI hosting a minecraft server on a $25 phone does in fact work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2001162007039398041)  2025-12-17T05:26Z 14.4K followers, 627.2K engagements


"The fact that you can just plug sensors into the VGA port of an old laptop and get data out is crazy to me. Its always fun finding GPIO in strange places"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2008410077519114546)  2026-01-06T05:27Z 14.4K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Come with me And youll be In a world of pure acceleration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2019626453034553768)  2026-02-06T04:17Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@deepfates It seems like the real takeoff for agent adoption was waiting for them to be good enough to be a normal Unix user and now we can take advantage of all the robust tooling and utils that have been around for decades in that ecosystem and use that as the primary harness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2022342933383462925)  2026-02-13T16:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Heres a detailed tutorial for installing a minecraft server on a $25 phone Enjoy @marshallrichrds Drop a detailed tutorial @marshallrichrds Drop a detailed tutorial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2001533197365162111)  2025-12-18T06:01Z 14.4K followers, 526.3K engagements


"Its been a month now since I started running a public Minecraft server from a $25 phone. Android hates being a server OS but its definitely possible with a few tweaks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2017816422773150196)  2026-02-01T04:24Z 14.4K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Sensors do indeed work over HDMI. GPIO is everywhere for those with the eyes to see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2009175662582747256)  2026-01-08T08:09Z 14.4K followers, 602.1K engagements


"I gave ClawPhone a phone number so it could start texting people and turned it into an appointment scheduler. Agent-controlled hardware is definitely the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2021106603517161706)  2026-02-10T06:18Z 14.4K followers, 105.5K engagements


"@steipete @ThePrimeagen A good architecture is all about minimizing the maintenance cost of change over the lifetime of the system. It feels like the models are close to intuiting this now but need some extra guidance on architectural patterns to follow and system design principles to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2023439024803688680)  2026-02-16T16:47Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Humanoid robots in the home even just teleop-only ones will be extremely useful. Imagine youre out of town and you VR into your robot to walk the dogs get the mail turn off an appliance you forgot and bring a package inside. The ability to be at your home at a moments notice is a big unlock in terms of capabilities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1874566431725047864)  2025-01-01T21:20Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@descent_netizen my guy is living blade runner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1874567402564001923)  2025-01-01T21:24Z 14.4K followers, 19.3K engagements


"@OiseauDeGuerre crazy rare encounter great RNG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1875062933954375719)  2025-01-03T06:13Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@mrexits turing test goal posts moved to has to produce bangers on the regular"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1879061425215447348)  2025-01-14T07:02Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@hyprturing not sure theyll get there but: aligned ASI is the last thing humans have to make. you win the tech tree after that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1881876133618368531)  2025-01-22T01:26Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@mrexits objectively better than the corpo flatworld we are stuck in today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1883537053260083461)  2025-01-26T15:26Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@growing_daniel never get a new $300 windows laptop thats guaranteed slop. always buy $200 used Thinkpad from [--] years ago on ebay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1892027558734004349)  2025-02-19T01:44Z 14.4K followers, 10.8K engagements


"@Theresa_Maria_ @growing_daniel its never led me astray. most reliable heuristic I have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1892036916196819290)  2025-02-19T02:22Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@redaction this tracks with the wise old blind oracle archetype"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1892945268208787542)  2025-02-21T14:31Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@vagueviolet this guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1901055497387618514)  2025-03-15T23:38Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@palmtreeshinobi @0xgaut youll survive armageddon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1907915146384781495)  2025-04-03T21:56Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@0bungler should have opened a prediction market for it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1912652166159827151)  2025-04-16T23:39Z 14.4K followers, 11.8K engagements


"@simonsarris imagine getting mogged by a duck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1912898542542192778)  2025-04-17T15:58Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@Thinkwert blue book of the future will be an old ThinkPad with its WiFi radio ripped out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1913249920422650265)  2025-04-18T15:15Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@FrameworkPuter need ice blue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1913356957211144407)  2025-04-18T22:20Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@ludwigABAP listening to Peter Thiel bulldoze through a podcast is my muse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1915902822152806780)  2025-04-25T22:56Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"prediction markets for sperm racing was not on my [----] bingo card"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1915996337176285391)  2025-04-26T05:08Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"after a little reverse engineering I now have a desktop client for my $45 wifi camera drone from amazon. video feed only for now working on controls next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1917086906673750302)  2025-04-29T05:21Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@AutismCapital the uncle iroh challenge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1918413495043014994)  2025-05-02T21:13Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@tom_doerr whos sending .exe to their friends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1919447770697457721)  2025-05-05T17:43Z 14.4K followers, 10.2K engagements


"smart glasses will continue to fail until this is included"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1920986871926026743)  2025-05-09T23:38Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"A lot of these $50 drones on Amazon offer really cool hardware for tinkering but are locked down with control only possible through a closed-source mobile app. Thought it would be cool to unlock some of these drones for programmatic control and write an API around it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1922104100117790992)  2025-05-13T01:38Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"heres my repo for anyone who wants to follow along with the progress: https://github.com/marshallrichards/turbodrone https://github.com/marshallrichards/turbodrone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1922288591541043582)  2025-05-13T13:51Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@onestpress Baron Harkonnen type shit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1922489988848943374)  2025-05-14T03:11Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@_imdawon you are correct sir drone gives whatever machine connects to it an IP address and if you send the right UDP packets to it it magically flies. almost all the toy drones you see on Amazon and Ali that come with mobile apps operate this way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1922514285655203896)  2025-05-14T04:48Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@sudo_goreng it still blows my mind how commoditized the hardware is now for these things. If only the software bundled with them was a little bit more open and accessible itd be incredible. But now thats my goal for this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1922519495458898172)  2025-05-14T05:09Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@MnMFehler havent cracked one open yet or looked at the FCC paperwork but they likely have a tiny MCU like a STM32F103 running the show inside. object detection youd have to run on offboard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1922523157665075278)  2025-05-14T05:23Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Great question I launched the mobile app the drone came with and performed each action: throttle up throttle down pitch up pitch down etc. all separately and recorded the UDP packets in Wireshark while doing so. Then I took the hex dump of a few packets from each action and put them in a document where I could look at what changed and figure out the pattern. Thats where I figured out which byte in each packet controlled throttle pitch roll and yaw. And because I was maxxing out the values during these action recordings (full throttle etc.) I could guess the min value was [--] and the high value"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1922785528233013466)  2025-05-14T22:46Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"the reverse engineering saga continues later tonight on some more of the best selling toy drones on Amazon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923014725220045024)  2025-05-15T13:56Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"recorded an in-depth video on the reverse engineering process I used to write an API for one of the best selling "toy" drones on Amazon. @marshallrichrds would be cool to see your reverse engineering process @marshallrichrds would be cool to see your reverse engineering process"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923165437698670818)  2025-05-15T23:55Z 14.4K followers, 10.3K engagements


"@crazyclips_ I wonder if theres any way to exploit this in like a useful way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1923521444325056685)  2025-05-16T23:30Z 14.4K followers, 55.9K engagements


"@joquji5n324il @ptrschmdtnlsn yea like Cricket etc. they are losing money on each one in hopes you'll buy a data plan. BOM alone is $48 and probably $60 landed. the "hack" is to exploit this and use it instead for IoT/raspberry pi type projects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923601353214951577)  2025-05-17T04:47Z 14.4K followers, 29.1K engagements


"@HassLiebe777 @ptrschmdtnlsn @joquji5n324il follow the right people on here hackernews still has good discussions from time to time and there's a few topic specific Discords that are interesting just send me a DM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1923615098112786723)  2025-05-17T05:42Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"the revolution has begun 🫡 Feeling inspired by @marshallrichrds to hack this small helicopter drone today Got the tools ready to go: mini-pc running linux/wireshark ☑ fully charged eachine [---] drone ☑ android tablet crappy drone app ☑ fully charged airpods ☑ enough caffeine for 8hrs hyperfocus ☑ https://t.co/qlD9K9lYEr Feeling inspired by @marshallrichrds to hack this small helicopter drone today Got the tools ready to go: mini-pc running linux/wireshark ☑ fully charged eachine [---] drone ☑ android tablet crappy drone app ☑ fully charged airpods ☑ enough caffeine for 8hrs hyperfocus ☑"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1923761118159175940)  2025-05-17T15:22Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"the new "everything is crab""  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1924203230839394540)  2025-05-18T20:39Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"capabilities continue to grow on turbodrone the reverse engineered API and client for some of the best selling toy drones on Amazon. excellent work Bou 🫡 First off huge shout out to @marshallrichrds for the inspiration 🚁 Weekend tinkering: Built a real-time object detection system for my drone using Python YOLOv8 & OpenCV Raw footage from both phone + screen recording shows it tracking objects at 30fps. Not perfect but https://t.co/j5N3UqQTpZ First off huge shout out to @marshallrichrds for the inspiration 🚁 Weekend tinkering: Built a real-time object detection system for my drone using"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1924337917540921854)  2025-05-19T05:34Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@craigaloewen you guys should open source WSA now that its sunsetted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1924540244524720576)  2025-05-19T18:58Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@CJHandmer goated supply chain and cheap labor. I reverse engineered a few of the best-selling ones to allow for programmatic control with an API and desktop client. https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1922508365713846678s=46 update: full control achieved. Can now fully control (throttle pitch roll yaw) one of the best selling toy drones on Amazon from a desktop client. https://t.co/XRrz9UPmNr https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1922508365713846678s=46 update: full control achieved. Can now fully control (throttle pitch roll yaw) one of the best selling toy drones on Amazon from a desktop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1926415794168045886)  2025-05-24T23:11Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"added a web client so now you can control the best selling toy drones on Amazon with your favorite gaming controller"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1926771254373101609)  2025-05-25T22:43Z 14.4K followers, 21.3K engagements


"turbodrone repo is now updated with the web client enjoy: https://github.com/marshallrichards/turbodrone https://github.com/marshallrichards/turbodrone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1926773736734146787)  2025-05-25T22:53Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"shoutout to Josh Painter for fixing the artifacting the video feed had fix now merged on the turbodrone repo. awesome work man 🫡 You may not have noticed that ugly artifacting at bottom of screen but it kept me awake all night. Finally figured it out in latest pull request https://t.co/zARwnX1uZV You may not have noticed that ugly artifacting at bottom of screen but it kept me awake all night. Finally figured it out in latest pull request https://t.co/zARwnX1uZV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1927228049520554098)  2025-05-27T04:59Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@Rainmaker1973 Ive never thought about software for clothing design but this makes total sense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1928878467468181904)  2025-05-31T18:17Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@janrosenow solar fences solar roadways"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929610909510713570)  2025-06-02T18:47Z 14.4K followers, 12.3K engagements


"@RobertDaleSmith Thats awesome Ive always wanted to have one on a ring https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1838066698152280240s=46 hear me out. https://t.co/WTOg4wgaEb https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1838066698152280240s=46 hear me out. https://t.co/WTOg4wgaEb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929680037697278056)  2025-06-02T23:22Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@yacineMTB he just followed the Luke Smith arc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929738711052226958)  2025-06-03T03:15Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@RoryTyer reminds me of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1930032298155552828)  2025-06-03T22:42Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@zhovner its always crazy to me the amount of tech you need to overcome poor social tech"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1931815271074824449)  2025-06-08T20:47Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"$30 phone used is called the Moto G Play [----]. You can get it from Walmart. Heres the repo for anyone who wants to run it themselves: https://github.com/marshallrichards/VibeMonitor https://github.com/marshallrichards/VibeMonitor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1931937986381299979)  2025-06-09T04:54Z 14.4K followers, 18.4K engagements


"@LincolnMargison With the screen off somewhere between 5-10 days. But could be left plugged in if needed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1932075168131588233)  2025-06-09T13:59Z 14.4K followers, 10.7K engagements


"the vibration detection runs as a foreground service which means the screen can be off and it can still poll the accelerometer. Because of this you can expect 5-10 days of battery life with the app running. I consider the battery a bonus though if I did this with a raspberry pi I probably wouldnt spend the time to add a battery system and would just plug it into the wall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1932123682681258409)  2025-06-09T17:12Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@GlizzyZiggy tradeoffs everywhere. having a cheap device you dont have to add sensors to for each and every difference use case is a big sell here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1932124749968138614)  2025-06-09T17:16Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@ikirigin definitely razor and blades model where they need you to buy a data plan for it to work for them. BOM and landed costs $80 Retail of unlocked device is $130 So selling for $30 is quite a gap. Part of the justification for them is cost of customer acquisition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1932128869215342739)  2025-06-09T17:33Z 14.4K followers, 10.5K engagements


"@cunha_tristan Yes that is the one great deal when using it for home automation projects. Goes toward my dream of one generic device I can buy and use for all sorts of use cases without modification"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1932203087726264755)  2025-06-09T22:28Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@growing_daniel with Deus Ex conspiracy music blasting in the background"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1933390005604409773)  2025-06-13T05:04Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@seatedro get a used enterprise 1u server to tinker with homelab apps. get a NAS. get a router and switch. get more. realize you need to organize. buy a rack. relocate the rack to somewhere you will never hear from again because its obnoxiously loud. that seems to be the path"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1934076047588204725)  2025-06-15T02:30Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"atleast [--] more of the best selling "toy" drone models are now supported in turbodrone. I reverse engineered another mobile app called WiFi UAV that they all use and added it to the API. go check it out now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/1934330484856656153)  2025-06-15T19:21Z 14.4K followers, 34.7K engagements


"@macmaniac77 here you go https://github.com/marshallrichards/turbodrone https://github.com/marshallrichards/turbodrone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1934335998898446395)  2025-06-15T19:43Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@fatfabfeminist he sounds like lin-manuel mirandas Hamilton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1937706201229283654)  2025-06-25T02:55Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@MartinRefseth illegal to reverse engineer lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1948968215737970930)  2025-07-26T04:46Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@marina_pay2lose In the US Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/14552506783sid=9ce0886b-c4af-46df-85a2-cef91c0b7e21 https://www.walmart.com/ip/14552506783sid=9ce0886b-c4af-46df-85a2-cef91c0b7e21"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2001728065412427907)  2025-12-18T18:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Using an HDMI breakout board I was able to run an external monitor and read sensor data at the same time over just the one HDMI port. Feels strange but it works. Sensors do indeed work over HDMI. GPIO is everywhere for those with the eyes to see. https://t.co/qx25xq8swY Sensors do indeed work over HDMI. GPIO is everywhere for those with the eyes to see. https://t.co/qx25xq8swY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2010587208097644719)  2026-01-12T05:38Z 14.4K followers, 154.4K engagements


"Heres the IMU visualization program for anyone interested in trying this out themselves: Also its worth pointing out you dont need the HDMI breakout board to do this. You could just use a regular HDMI cable. It just makes things easier. https://github.com/marshallrichards/i2c-hacks https://github.com/marshallrichards/i2c-hacks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2010605412157165991)  2026-01-12T06:51Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Highly recommend getting a thermal camera attachment for your phone. Its like unlocking a new dimension. My pizza oven game has been elevated. Also great if you build a lot of stuff too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2010911326793576680)  2026-01-13T03:06Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I need the Claude Code for KiCad people to hurry up. I dont have time for this EE nonsense just give me a circuit that works please. Thank you for your attention to this matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2011318551496519708)  2026-01-14T06:04Z 14.4K followers, 45.8K engagements


"We need to bring back the Chrysler "Imported from Detroit" ads but for reindustrializing all of America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2012038112093073691)  2026-01-16T05:44Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Down in the mines tonight learning the true meaning behind Maintenance: Of Everything 1/ Today @stripepress publishes one of my favorite books to date: Maintenance: Of Everything Part One by @stewartbrand about the unglamorous yet civilizationally important work of maintenance and repair. https://t.co/XEE0fUHsVA https://t.co/HgdvNhXPTz 1/ Today @stripepress publishes one of my favorite books to date: Maintenance: Of Everything Part One by @stewartbrand about the unglamorous yet civilizationally important work of maintenance and repair. https://t.co/XEE0fUHsVA https://t.co/HgdvNhXPTz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2013805984796311841)  2026-01-21T02:48Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Nah Im running Claude Code normally in userspace but it has sudo permissions and Ive explicitly told it to have free reign over the entire machine so it can open applications with data that appears right on my screen and it can use all the amazing mature robust programs and utils Linux has to offer and also makes its own bridge programs when it needs to do something that it cant find a suitable alternative for. The possibilities with that combo are endless. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014219397825544637 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014219397825544637"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2014219397825544637)  2026-01-22T06:11Z [----] followers, 16.4K engagements


"@jackmhny @opencode Thanks Ill try that one out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2014225318534348868)  2026-01-22T06:35Z [----] followers, 13.7K engagements


"@shaolin788 With a homelab you could spin up a whole VM for it to control. Maybe run claude code in a ralph wiggum loop to act as a sysadmin over a bunch of homelab services"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2014226516125589887)  2026-01-22T06:39Z [----] followers, 11.7K engagements


"@JesuslVivas Easiest way I found was to install Clawdbot and CC inside a debian environment using proot-distro inside of the termux app on Android. Im playing rn with what capabilities of the phone I can give Clawdbot access to (microphone GPS bluetooth camera etc.) via the termux-api"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2016084902731506154)  2026-01-27T09:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@zlkbaby moto g [----] looks like its $30 now on : https://www.walmart.com/ip/14552506783sid=12119bd0-d1c9-4770-9266-00c13381d2cd http://walmart.com https://www.walmart.com/ip/14552506783sid=12119bd0-d1c9-4770-9266-00c13381d2cd http://walmart.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2016163525685649877)  2026-01-27T14:56Z 10.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@_dhamidi @AmpCode How dare you deprive that ThinkPad of Linux"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2016288434520731902)  2026-01-27T23:13Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"You safely got the alien back to its crash landed spacecraft deep in the pacific northwest but suffered mortal wounds in the process at the hands of the secret government agency who wanted to harness its exotic tech for weapons for which you knew could only end badly for everyone. Alien promises you they will not come back until humanity is ready. It does you one last favor it delivers your necklace quietly in the night to the nightstand of your lover. You die out in peace knowing you saved the world. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017703149704999253"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2017703149704999253)  2026-01-31T20:54Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@Issa201735 Yea for sure If you have an older device that you can get root for I hear good things about postmarketOS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2017878455044419814)  2026-02-01T08:31Z 10.2K followers, 13.4K engagements


"@_imdawon the only hope for the future of rentseeking is reliant upon the coming dyson sphere intelligence conglomerate honoring the continuity of financial contract law weve kept going since the 1600s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/marshallrichrds/status/2018843366423957523)  2026-02-04T00:25Z 10.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Hard work but we pulled it off Used @HoloLens and @unity3d to predict and visualize the size and harvest time of carrots. #ATTHACK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/836091874012086273)  2017-02-27T05:53Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

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