I built a Raspberry Pi webcam to train my dog (using Claude)
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- External ID
- 45794556
- Source
- HN
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- Product
- I built a Raspberry Pi webcam to train my dog (using Claude)
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Nov. 3, 2025
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 6
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.27074235807860264
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
Hey HN! I’m a Product Manager and made a DIY doggy cam (using Claude and a Raspberry Pi) to help train my dog with separation anxiety. I wrote up a blog post sharing my experience building this project with AI.
Enrichment
- Theme
- pet tech and virtual companions
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Hardware & robotics
- Audience
- Prosumer
- AI stance
- AI feature
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- raspberry pi webcam for dog training
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes The creator explicitly built this DIY project as a non-engineer using Claude, wiring together standard Raspberry Pi camera streaming scripts and off-the-shelf components.
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