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I built a Raspberry Pi webcam to train my dog (using Claude)

Details

External ID
45794556
Source
HN
Company
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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
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Upvotes
6
Upvotes percentile
0.27074235807860264
Tags
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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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