Simon Willison uses Claude Code to track down a beeping sound at home
What happened
On November 10, Simon Willison wrote about using Claude Code to find the source of a mysterious beeping in his home. He built a tool called Beep Locator, which listens for the beep across several devices and uses triangulation to narrow the source. It placed the beep within about 40 cm, and he traced it to an old carbon monoxide detector that needed a new battery.
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- Simon WillisonLocating the source of a mysterious beep with Claude
Simon Willison 用 Claude Code 构建 Beep Locator，通过多台设备监听和三角定位，将家中蜂鸣声的位置缩小到约 40cm 范围，找到了需要更换电池的旧一氧化碳探测器。
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