sfeldma's comments

On: Show HN: Merliot – plugging physical devices into LLMs

[sfeldma]

You don't need to enable the AI; it's optional. The web app has a full UI to manually work with your devices.

On: Show HN: Merliot – plugging physical devices into LLMs

[sfeldma]

Thanks for the feedback; I'll revise the privacy section.

On: A kernel developer plays with Home Assistant

[sfeldma]

I'm concerned about privacy also, especially with Home Assistant integrations that "dial home" to vendor's clouds. Your data is not private. Check out my project that puts privacy as a main feature: https://merliot.io.

On: Show HN: Merliot – plugging physical devices into LLMs

[sfeldma]

Ya, sounds like a good idea to let the LLM do all the calculations and send simple instructions to boat. MCP tells it what data is available from the device.

I tried the MCP server with the demo (https://merliot.io/demo) using Cursor and asked:

What is the location of the "GPS nano" device?

The location of the "GPS nano" device is: Latitude: 30.448336 Longitude: -91.12896

[speerer → sfeldma]

This seems like a residential address. Irrespective of whether the creator deliberately exposed it, I would be a little bit cautious about sharing it further.

On: Show HN: Merle, an IoT framework written in Go

[sfeldma]

It is fun, but also serious.

On: Show HN: Merle, an IoT framework written in Go

[sfeldma]

Good question. Short answer is MQTT wasn't needed. Merle uses JSON message over websockets sent on a broadcast message bus. The Thing or its UI subscribes to these JSON messages, similar to MQTT topics.