1skill
AI coding field notesEdition 2026

Build notes
from the hardware edge.

1skill is a personal lab for AI-assisted development, camera experiments, and small hardware tools built until they actually work.

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Current focus

A site for projects that had to be tested by hand.

The first story is GR View: a real M5Stack StopWatch app for Ricoh GR live view and remote shooting.

01Build log

Projects with the messy middle included.

A blog for AI coding notes, embedded experiments, camera workflows, and the decisions that made each build work.

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GR / VIEWISSUE 01
Ricoh GR

Making a watch into a viewfinder.

BLE, WiFi, live view, shutter, playback, and the parts that fought back.

02Selected build

A Ricoh GR companion on a tiny round screen.

GR View turns M5Stack StopWatch into a wireless live view, touch shutter, and pocket remote for Ricoh GR.

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GR / 02
Live
View
StopWatch app2026 ↗
03Field notes

Small tools, real hardware, real testing.

Notes from pairing, WiFi, live view, playback, icons, Cloudflare deployment, and everything between.

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FIELD NOTE

Small tools for faster,
quieter shooting.

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04 / FOUNDATION

Built for the details after the demo works.

FirmwareESP32-S3, BLE, WiFi, JPEG live view, input, and real device behavior.

Camera workflowRicoh GR shooting, playback, touch focus, and quick capture constraints.

AI codingUsing coding agents as a persistent engineering partner, not a novelty.

PublishingBlog posts and project notes that record what actually happened.

Start with the build that made this site worth publishing.

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