Deep Dive w/Scott: LLMs and finishing changes

Deep Dive w/Scott: LLMs and finishing changes

Author: Adafruit Industries February 14, 2026 Duration: 1:07:03
Join Scott as he discusses how LLMs are changing his CircuitPython workflow and answers any questions people have. Thanks to dcd for timecodes. 0:00 Getting Started 1:23 Hello everyone 1:40 Adafruit Clue board example microprocessor for CircuitPython 3:10 Goals for 2026 ( CircuitPython 2026 ) 4:40 Moved 'off' the Breadboard project and back to LLMs 5:15 Using Virtual Desktop, (og, yolo, and left-field) views 10:00 test_basics.py test script 11:20 clearing serial input at end of script 11:52 considering claude vs. opus 4 12:19 pytest calling the test with test fixture 13:40 bsim test 14:30 #coding-agents-and-llms chat group 16:00 example of LLM identifying bug quickly 16:45 use small steps when working with LLMs 18:00 github pages and custom domains 18:40 no ethernet support yet 19:40 learning to working on multiple tasks in parallel this year 21:32 How to review all the agent generated code - getting feedback to the LLM 26:00 Breadboard tool example of what LLM is bad at 30:30 Zephyr Display not working yet 32:30 Need a new monitor .. samsung oled G9 - switching to Dell 40" ultra wide 38:20 back to test_bsim_basics.py and pytest, (e.g. @pytest.mark ) 41:30 debugging the test 44:50 considering switching to select() 47:00 switch to using claude-opus-4-6 51:05 LLM is experimenting - trying out python solutions 55:49 will we get more progress with Codex (Spark) 1:01:15 reading about `stdbuf` tool 1:04:18 pi vs claude code 1:05:45 wrapping up - same time next week Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

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