People are vibe coding their way to better TVs

October 23, 2026 John Higgins

A TV operating system homepage without ads and large tiles to select different streaming services.
Just imagine… a nice, clean homescreen with no ads, thanks to Claude. | Image: cleanyourtv

Vibe coding has reached TVs. Social media is awash with posts from people using LLMs and open-source tools to remove ads and tracking, trim bloat so the OS runs faster, and even completely change the look and organization of their homescreens. While a lot of it is fun - one user turned their TV homescreen into a Pokémon town - I think there's a level of frustration behind it, too. And TV companies should take notice.

Vibe coded my parents' TV this afternoon!

It was showing a sponsored ad before you could even get to Netflix.

Gave Claude Code the model number, it found the TV on wifi, removed 25 Xiaomi packages and wrote a new launcher.

Looks …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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