# Automated Love Crunch

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/658/
> We each spent the week on our own projects, breaking then fixing things. Now we're back to compare progress, and a few lessons learned.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 658
- Date: 2026-03-15
- Hosts: brent, chris, wes
- Duration: 01:03:16
- Audio: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/46b59581-c98b-4368-b7e2-aea5b646ea12.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/40bc8724-e6c9-4210-9e11-4c35740553af.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/40bc8724-e6c9-4210-9e11-4c35740553af.srt)


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### Episode Links

* [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike")
* [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM")
* [LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ "LinuxFest Northwest 2026 - Back to Root") — April 24-26, 2026 - Bellingham, Washington
* [PabloVitasso/esphome-chinbasto](https://github.com/PabloVitasso/esphome-chinbasto "PabloVitasso/esphome-chinbasto") — A custom ESPHome component for controlling Chinese Webasto heaters using ESP32.
* [Hacking the Chinese Diesel Heater Communications Protocol.pdf - Ray Jones - GitLab](https://gitlab.com/mrjones.id.au/bluetoothheater/-/blob/master/Documentation/V9%20-%20Hacking%20the%20Chinese%20Diesel%20Heater%20Communications%20Protocol.pdf?ref_type=heads "Hacking the Chinese Diesel Heater Communications Protocol.pdf - Ray Jones - GitLab")
* [timmchugh11/Chinese-Diesel-Heater---ESPHome](https://github.com/timmchugh11/Chinese-Diesel-Heater---ESPHome "timmchugh11/Chinese-Diesel-Heater---ESPHome")
* [OpenCode | The open source AI coding agent](https://opencode.ai/ "OpenCode | The open source AI coding agent")
* [anomalyco/opencode: The open source coding agent.](https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode "anomalyco/opencode: The open source coding agent.")
* [Hunter Alpha - API Pricing & Providers | OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/openrouter/hunter-alpha "Hunter Alpha - API Pricing &amp; Providers | OpenRouter")
* [ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple](https://esphome.io/ "ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple")
* [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/ "Home Assistant")
* [ESP32 Wi-Fi & Bluetooth SoC | Espressif Systems](https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32 "ESP32 Wi-Fi &amp; Bluetooth SoC | Espressif Systems")
* [nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware: Lua based interactive firmware for ESP8266, ESP8285 and ESP32](https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware "nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware: Lua based interactive firmware for ESP8266, ESP8285 and ESP32")
* [NodeMCU-32S Development Board Details, Pinout, Specs](https://www.espboards.dev/esp32/nodemcu-32s/ "NodeMCU-32S Development Board Details, Pinout, Specs")
* [Amazon.com: ESP-32S USB-C Development Board + ESP32 Terminal Board](https://www.amazon.com/AITRIP-ESP-32S-Development-Breakout-Bluetooth/dp/B0FBV7QGC4 "Amazon.com: ESP-32S USB-C Development Board + ESP32 Terminal Board")
* [agent-browser-protocol](https://github.com/theredsix/agent-browser-protocol "agent-browser-protocol") — Deterministic browser automation.
* [camofox-browser](https://github.com/jo-inc/camofox-browser "camofox-browser") — Headless browser automation server for AI agents.
* [chrome-devtools-mcp](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp "chrome-devtools-mcp") — Chrome DevTools for coding agents
* [firefox-devtools-mcp](https://github.com/freema/firefox-devtools-mcp "firefox-devtools-mcp") — Model Context Protocol server for Firefox DevTools
* [LittleFOX-MCP](https://gitlab.com/bytedogssyndicate1/littlefox-mcp "LittleFOX-MCP") — Model Context Protocol server for Firefox
* [Chrome DevTools MCP Debug](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp-debug-your-browser-session "Chrome DevTools MCP Debug") — Let your Coding Agent debug your browser session
* [LFNW2026 - Back to Root](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ "LFNW2026 - Back to Root")
* [Brunch with Brent: Jason Spisak Part 1 | Jupiter EXTRAS 40](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/jupiter-extras/40/ "Brunch with Brent: Jason Spisak Part 1 | Jupiter EXTRAS 40")
* [Brunch with Brent: Jason Spisak Part 2 | Jupiter EXTRAS 41](https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/jupiter-extras/41/ "Brunch with Brent: Jason Spisak Part 2 | Jupiter EXTRAS 41")
* [Pick: LosslessCut](https://mifi.no/losslesscut/ "Pick: LosslessCut") — Simple and ultra fast cross platform tool for lossless trimming/cutting of video and audio files.
* [LosslessCut on GitHub](https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut "LosslessCut on GitHub")
* [LosslessCut on Flathub](https://flathub.org/en/apps/no.mifi.losslesscut "LosslessCut on Flathub")
* [Pick: CanIRun.ai](https://www.canirun.ai/ "Pick: CanIRun.ai") — Can your machine run AI models?
* [Pick: llmfit](https://github.com/AlexsJones/llmfit "Pick: llmfit") — Hundreds of models & providers. One command to find what runs on your hardware.

