Varad Deshpande

Full Stack Web Developer | Trying to products and ship SaaS apps | Tech Enthusiast

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@_sahildhull @kyra_interface I saw yesterday you were asking in a poll - smart glasses + ring vs earpiece + ring setup and I would prefer smart glasses + ring as it enables integrations like camera, display, etc. that enables various features like the ones in even realities glasses or meta glasses.

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Building AI Smart Glasses - Episode 3

From voice → to AI response → back to audio.

This system uses:

• ESP32 + WebSockets
• Deepgram (STT)
• LLM
• ElevenLabs (TTS)
• FFmpeg (PCM conversion)
• Supabase (storage)

Next step → making it smarter with RAG + lower latency

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Building AI Smart Glasses - Episode 2

Problem:
How do you record and play audio using ESP32?

Solution:
Using the I2S protocol for digital audio streaming.

Hardware used:

• ESP32
• INMP441 microphone
• MAX98357A amplifier

#buildinpublic #embeddedengineering #ai

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I build a lot of tech projects…
but most of them stop at 80% completion.

So this time I’m building something big:

AI Smart Glasses

And documenting the whole journey.

Let’s see if I finally finish a project.

#buildinpublic #ai #smartglasses #engineering #embeddedai

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@snhpndy Which one is before and which one is current picture?

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@__theSeyram @e_motorad please... here is my resume and portfolio -
https://t.co/1DA4j7jHXh
https://t.co/YdNTx77rjV

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@ramxcodes I was making this to submit for this internship assignment. Is it really not worth it?

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I am trying to build an app with Next.js + FastAPI.
Looking for ways to deploy the FastAPI backend (free tier) other than Render, mainly to avoid the cold start issue.

Got any tips or experiences?

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I am starting a #1AppAWeek series where I will try to ship one app every week. I will build from scratch and hopefully try to complete it in a week.

What do you all think about this idea?

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@prallavagg002 @NishaM2522 No, it runs on my i3 system with integrated graphics as well

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@NishaM2522 Have you tried this tool https://t.co/KvFlNQ53r2

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@DhiruCodes Me watching juniors fight over DSA vs Development for placements

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@nitesh_singh5 Interested

https://t.co/PavfIe1Mkj

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@VazeKshitij Cool Stuff 🔥🔥

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Tried building a voice-based AI assistant yesterday with an INMP441 mic, MAX98357A, and ESP32-S3.

Does anyone here have experience working with these?

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

I have an idea of building an AI video generation model or an AI based platform for 2D, 3D animations and explainer video generator for learning any skill.

What do you think about this idea?

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@VazeKshitij I am doing research and taking help from tutorials and gpt. For making it reconfigurable - designs with magnetic strips and locking mechanism works and rest is networking using web server and for swarm communication - I am making it server side - master slave concept

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@VazeKshitij I am trying to build a reconfigurable swarm robot project as a side-project, what do you think about it?

[Varad Deshpande @dev_varad]

@VazeKshitij I am doing DSA for software prep and have done some projects at hackathon. Currently learning about hardware and building some projects from tutorials and taking help from gpt for tinkering