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Ask HN: Any DIY open-source Alexa/Google alternatives?

personality0 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:32:47 +0000

I'm looking to replace my Alexa with an alternative where I can use a realtime model like Gemini or an STT -> LLM -> TTS pipeline. Should be easy to build with an Arduino or I'd even be happy buying an already made solution.

Basic functions should include playing Spotify, asking questions, settings timers.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135806

Points: 9

# Comments: 4

New comment by personality0 in "Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%"

personality0 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:28:22 +0000

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Google is down in Eastern Europe

personality0 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:49:27 +0000

Article URL: https://outage.report/google

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45124729

Points: 21

# Comments: 6

New comment by personality0 in "OpenStreetMap Calendar"

personality0 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:59:39 +0000

This is great, I was thinking of creating something similar for a map-based events project. Is there an API to create events? From what I saw you can only read/list events? If possible, I'd like to incorporate this into my app, when a venue/organiser creates an event, for it to also go to OpenStreetMap Calendar.

New comment by personality0 in "Ask HN: Programmable Lasers?"

personality0 — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:37:37 +0000

https://www.laserworld.com/en/