@ajmaleee__

weeeeee,this project was EASYYY! (first hardware project btw)

here is what i did in the last 6 days!~

Day 1 (inspiration)- on day one ,i somwhat had an idea what to make,butttt thats not enough,so i spend a lot of time digging the internet and gathered some amazing features of esp32.which are

-can start a hotspot (Access point in technical terms)

-its possible to automaticly open browser in the users device (DNS manipulating)

-can serve webpage upto 20-25 people at once (more than enough for small group)

Day 2 ( finding inspiration)- i looksed up varius websites for inspiration,i stumbled across some featuress i could bag nto my inventory

1.click to open the app (rather than giving them hassle to copy paste )

2.i found this one on a reel, i often forget peoples names and ofcc forget to save contacts, so as the reel inspired ,i added a box where the person enters the name and it brings up whatsap,sends me hii,im (TS IS SOO COOL FOR GOLDFISH MEMMORY LIKE MEEE NGLLL)

Day 3 (designing)-since this is an esp32 only project,i very well can skip the circuit designing,instead im going with website designing,

i prepared a sketch of what my website shuld look like in pawpad ( check out my previous project for using it too ~MeowOS

Day 4(coding)- since im not too good at writing codes,i used LLM (ai) help BUTTTTTTT, by not knowing code i specifically mean syntax.

so i wrote the 45-50 line psuedo code (code in which i explain logic in somwhat c++ mix human language)

then i used our very loving claud to convert it to actaul code with correct syntax

from my past project howhever,i kinda mastered nuemorphism annd now ik how to write html,SO I WROTE CAPTIVE PORTAL ON MY OWN ) (ofcc i had to use claude again to compress the massive processor eating design to fit in eeny-teeny esp32 flash)

Day 5 (implimentation)-this was farmost the most hard day,since i faced HELLA LOT of errors while uploading code,(claude used esp32 core 2.x instead of 3.x which creatod contradictions T_T , i realised it WAYYY LATER)

BUTTT,at the end,my potato took exactly 46 minuts to compile and upload,which is great compared to how fast it usually is

Day 6 (Testing,Validation)-yyaayayaya, the project is overrrr!,this is what i thaught but soon realised almost all referel links were broken,it was my mistake tho,fixed it in minuts

the rest was smooth as butter,tested every feature back and forth,works perfectly fine,no bugs found whatsssoever

concluded the work and cleaned my github side(i was bored so i pushed even the smallest chenges,now i merged em ),wrote a readme,etc

and that brings to the end of my project,Hope u have fun watching the demo belowwww!

also im making a reel for ts for the new programme i just saw in ts site,ill upload it as soon as im finishedddddd!

AI USAGE

• used claude to convert psuedo code to correct syntax
  -used claude to compress the html i wrote

Credits - neumorphism.io for giving me templates and deeper nuance about nuemorphism,THANKSSSS

Have funnnn! if the vedio doesnt play here,try the drive link vedio demo

FINAL DEVLOG:

before dat,i forgot to configuere hackatime in my new pc and a lot of working time aint recorded T_T, im srry yallllll

with that said,here are the changes:

-reduced AI usage to less than strictly 30%, yes the interface is same but the code was rewritten with a slightly better logic and smoother flow

• ive kept the guided tour as is as i dont want new users to struggle using my OS

-im learning to use git,SO AS A TRIBUTE ive added git to catshell !!~ ,all the git commands work and i was able to manage a small memmory allocation for the files being used!

-i wanted to add smoother animations for my project,here it is,with the most finest animation i could pull off

this marks the end of my journy,
TELL YO CAT I SAID PSPSPS…

MROWWW!~

soooooooooooooo, i re wrote almost all parts of css, i tried to maintain the original look tho

• re wrote the css,enhanced the ui

Last devlog before ship..hopefully

sooo,the website randomly started freezing and the APOD image stoped loading

after HOURSSS, i was able to spot the error,and guess wot?

a silly ahh colon and a bracket caused the issue T_T

the 3 hours here is not me coding,but RE-READING THE ENTIRE SOURCE CODE 10 TIMES

but at the end of the day,i found the issue solved it ! >v<

my eyes are strained out aff…

SHIPPING IT RNNNNN

these 2 thingys marked caused the issue btw T_T

APOD SITE : The journey

for the past 3 days,i devoloped the APOD site step by step,the work done are as belowwweee

Day 1(planning): went thru chrome webstore to find inspiration,here is what i decided to use imma project

• main inspiration from MATERIAL NEW TAB ,i really liked the ai tools button,the layout and the overall feel

-went thru design catalouge(idk its spelling T_T), decided to try nuemorphism this time,since i already have a lil bit expierence on it from last project

DAY 2( implimenting what i jus decided on day 1): wrote the html,css and script for the site.

-decided to stay with gray background until i impliment api to prevent my eyes from getting flashbanks in the dark (expirence is the biggest teacher T_T )

-added search tab ,some shorcuts we all use daily

-added the ai tools feature , thanks to MATERIAL NEW TAB for the inspiration

-used an online css design helper tool to help me find the desired values, positions, pixel heights , etc

AI USE - used ai to help me with animations,as my setup looked too flat without emmm

DAY 3( nasa’s API,finishing touches): implimented the most important part,the APOD bg YYAAYYAAAYAYAY

-added an info tab to display the information abt the pic coming along with the APOD image

-decided to add a lil bit of blur to the bg image,since othervice it messes up the nuemorphism theme

-i noticed a the bg takes a lot of time to load in hdurl, so im lowering the bg image quality,wont make much of a difference tho

AI USE - im new to APOD api,used chatgpt to learn the syntax of the request,and how to impliment it.asked claude add a fallback solid bg in case it fails to fetch the image

few fixes and shipping soooooon

MROWW~

my ship requires changes…the reason said is heavy use of AI

honestly..i think its true..i utilised LLMs lil too much to add features quickly..

i too have contributed an unavoidable part in programing,proved by the 10+ hour hackatime.However,i respect the desecion made by the shipwrites and acknowledge my mistake

well….a wise man once said, nothing but hardwork can bring you success,..yes its true

i realise i deviatd from my path and over used somthing which i shuldnt have

to resolve the issue,ive decided to rewrite the entire css,but also to not to use any help of any kind of LLMs ,exept in extreme cases of errors ,which i will mention explicitly in the coming devlogs

hence I .. wholeheartedly appologise for deviating from my path and the mission

MEOWW~,

a lot of things happened T_Tfirstly,my hard disk randomly decided to d*e 4 days ago by currupting lot of my files,thankfully i was able to recover most part of it,i ordered a new ssd …MY POTATO WORKS AGAINNNN

the past 4 days ive been devoloping the project imma brothers laptop,he said no to install hackatime,so i ended up jus doing it without it,prolly took a lot more time than what it shows here

Thanks to @tongyu for showing intrest imma project,and as a note of thanks,ive added @tongyu s favorite pet cieling,read more abt it below

i added hella lot of cool things,wnna try it out?

https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS-v2/
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changes:-added customise my cat feature,now u can add sunglasses,hats and cool stuff with yo cattttt(and ofcc cieling, and cielingssss !! :3

-added INSTAGRAM,u can doomscroll now (cat reels ofc >_<)

-minor bug fixes here and there and in the entire ui flow(cats are good at hunting bugs )

only thing now left is to add an icon for pawgram(instagram),and im done for shipping, hopefully this is the last devlog before shippingi have put the best of my effort in this, and i must say ,the journy was amazing and i learned a lot of new things

TELL YO CAT I SAID PSPSPSPSP……

soooo…i made a dumb decetion of using codex after seeing an ad,no hate,but it basicly filled my code with bugs T_T

i wanted to make the icons squircle,but couldnt,ill do it soon

https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS-v2/

changes:

-fixed bug in app icon size edit,fixed it,now it actually increases icon image size

-gave the calender and the calculator UI more buetiful ^_^

-added meow sound ,looking forward to add pur

-fixed a bug in the purr planner,loading error bug fixed

-made the fur explorer much more easy to manage,minor bug fix

TEL YO CAT I SAID PSPSPSPSPPSPS….

quick devlog,its past my bedtime,i might get caught any time!

try MeowOS : https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS-v2/

changes:

-fixed some bugs

-added space cat wallpapper (yeaa i stole it from google~)

-the most tough part…designed most of the icons,..some more left(ts took 1 hour btw,i didnt know how to connect canva to hackatime,that time aint added T_T)

tday was a busy day,couldnt do much ,be back tmrww MEOWWW~!

MEOW!!,new update dropped

try the current version v2.2: https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS-v2/

changes made ^_^ :

-added more backgrounds and wallpapper

-fixed mouse not visible bug

-added proper memes in to the memes app! (yeaa i cant live without cat memes T_T )

-added meow sound,idk why…its ADDICTING!

-implimented memmory in pawpad!

-whishkers the cat is now online 24/7 :3

-last but not least,now u can upload gifs as bg <3

beforee goingg…. TELL YOUR CAT I SAID PSPSPSPSPS ^_^

behold the ⭐catOS v2.1⭐

u dont need to read ts and all,jus try it yourself😁

v2.1 : https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS-v2/

v1.0: https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS/

changes made :3

-Re-designed the old cyberpunk theme with actual cat theme

-added mac os style dock for better window managment

-added option to upload custom wallpaper

-made the flow smoother ,added more details to the apps

-added devoloper details-yeaa i wanna glaze ngl😆

-fixed the big ahh bug in the calculator

-added new commands to catshell, more meow meow now😇

buttttt, im feeling lazy tday and therefore u cant basicaly see the icons ,mouse pointer, moosics and images rn, imma add em pretty soon

lmk if u find any bugs ,ill hunt em down😼🐾

behold the ⭐catOS v2.1⭐

u dont need to read ts and all,jus try it yourself😁

v2.1 : https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS-v2/

v1.0: https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS/

changes made :3

-Re-designed the old cyberpunk theme with actual cat theme

-added mac os style dock for better window managment

-added option to upload custom wallpaper

-made the flow smoother ,added more details to the apps

-added devoloper details-yeaa i wanna glaze ngl😆

-fixed the big ahh bug in the calculator

-added new commands to catshell, more meow meow now😇

buttttt, im feeling lazy tday and therefore u cant basicaly see the icons ,mouse pointer, moosics and images rn, imma add em pretty soon

lmk if u find any bugs ,ill hunt em down😼🐾

meowOS v.1 is readyy!!,looking forward to meow more in the coming days

wanna try it out? ,clicke here ->https://ajmaleee.github.io/MeowOS/

included apps:

-meme gallary
-purrfox (browser)
-pawpad (hehhee creativity level 📈)
-meowtunes
-cat paint (now u can export the files!!)
-catshell
-fur explorer
-cal cat
-catch yarns
-settings
-paw planner (calender 😆)
-and more!

and guess what,u can message other cats!~ ^_^