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Eric Migicovsky

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Inventor of things. Previously: cofounder Beeper.com, partner @ycombinator, founder @pebble

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Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · Jan 28

** It's happening!! **

We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble

With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...

Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back

Eight years later, you still can’t beat a Pebble

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 8h

No, it's not and it's frankly ridiculous to me that in 2025 intelligent people are surprised/appalled at people using AI to help code. It seems to be only on Bluesky that I get messages like this, maybe this is just some crazy echo chamber?

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 1d

It's turtles all the way down.

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 1d

Yup :)

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 1d

email [email protected] and we'll refund, no problem

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 1d

Sorry, I don't understand the point that you're trying to make here.

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 1d

sorry to hear that. I feel like my posts on ericmigi.com have been pretty detailed. anything specific missing, other than a ship date for your watch (which I realize is probably what most people care about the most!)

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Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

I recommend you use gadgetbridge then. It's designed exactly for you - it's a fully open source Pebble-compatible app that does make any network calls.

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

What ... is the gap?

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

I personally don't contribute to either of those, others write them. I hope they use AI!

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

Yes, I can't code by myself and with AI I can.

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

Just like any other tool, you must be cognizant of the risks with using AI coding tools. Same as using random libraries you find on GitHub. But it's an incredible accelerant, especially useful for hacking together prototypes to test something (like the demo I posted)

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

Saying you won't use AI to help you code because of some blanket fear of security issues is not productive. Contribute! Write your own Pebble app! Write your own Pebble firmware (it's open source btw). Use ours, or don't.

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 4d

A) the library is open source, you can read the code github.com/coredevices/.... You can always use gadgetbridgebtoo

B) if you're concerned with the security of an app that you didn't write yourself, I recommend using Wireshark to ensure that it's not making any network calls that you don't approve

GitHub - coredevices/libpebble3

Contribute to coredevices/libpebble3 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 5d

should have received within last 24 hours, if not please email [email protected]

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 5d

we probably didn't think of it

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 5d

yes it is

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 5d

Claude basically one-shotted a Beeper client for Android, using their Android API (developers.beeper.com/android/cont...).

This should be super easy to use to write a Beeper client for Pebble. eg chat history in notification, send a msg from Pebble on any chat network by voice, voice reply etc

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 7d

The setting screen is broken on Android

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 7d

It's beautiful! Thanks for upgrading to Emery!

I'd love if the time was about 50% larger

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 7d

this one is worldwide

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 7d

and @bradtgmurray wrote up a post about how Beeper securely processes notifications on iOS blog.beeper.com/2025/10/01/h...

How Beeper iOS Implements Notifications

Last year, after Beeper was acquired by Automattic, we decided that we needed to dramatically improve our iOS experience. The previous Beeper iOS app was slow, buggy, and hard to add new features t…

blog.beeper.com

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 7d

Turns out the DMA (EU law to force Apple/Google/Amazon to be more open) actually works!

We requested that Apple gives 3rd party devs the same amount of NSE RAM that 1st party apps get - and a year later iOS 26 now gives devs 50mb! Huzzah!

ma.tt/2025/10/figh...

Sometimes the battle for open source and freedom can take on very prosaic and practical terms, but the wins can benefit everybody. To give an example: In Beeper we need more memory for showing noti…

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 8d

yeah built for emery will always look better!

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 8d

Weird. For some reason it's not showing the time

Eric Migicovsky @ericmigi.com · 8d

A little pixelated