The Signal

Home AI Assistant DIY (Part 4): Building a Real-Time AI Pipeline

In Part 3, I trained a wake word model.

May 27 • Rui Diao

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I Went to Google I/O 2026. What I Saw Wasn't a Model Show. It Was a Platform Pivot.

I attended Google I/O 2026 in person.

May 22 • Rui Diao

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Home AI Assistant DIY (Part 3): The Wake Word Model

In Part 2, I installed custom firmware on a commercial camera.

May 11 • Rui Diao

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Home AI Assistant DIY (Part 2): Camera Selection and First Steps

In Part 1, I explained why I decided to build my own home camera system.

May 5 • Rui Diao

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April 2026

Home AI Assistant DIY (Part 1): Why I'm Building My Own

Eight years ago, I bought a Yi Home Camera.

Apr 30 • Rui Diao

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February 2026

I Used AI to Make a Marketing Video. Here's What Happened

Yesterday, Google launched Lyria 3. I opened the Gemini app to try it, typed in a prompt, and 30 seconds later, I had a custom track. The music was…

Feb 19 • Rui Diao

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Workflow Engineering: How a Picture Fixed My AI Problem

I redesigned my personal website: ruidiao.dev. The new design has a Studio Ghibli-inspired aesthetic: soft sky gradients, floating clouds, parchment…

Feb 11 • Rui Diao

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The Social Network That Bans Humans Reveals AI’s Fatal Flaw

Moltbook’s explosive growth shows us why future platforms need to be designed for human-AI collaboration, not replacement.

Feb 2 • Rui Diao

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January 2026

Extending Claude Code with Custom MCPs

When I started using Claude Code more heavily, I ran into a problem.

Jan 23 • Rui Diao

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Two Days with GLM as My Claude Code Backend

I’ve been using GLM as the backend LLM for Claude Code for the past two days.

Jan 15 • Rui Diao

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I Generated a Cartoon Video Entirely from the Command Line

Yesterday I asked Claude Code to create a short narrated cartoon video of “The Three Little Pigs.” The entire process happened in my terminal.

Jan 8 • Rui Diao

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My 2026 Goal: Learning

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”

Jan 1 • Rui Diao

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