DON'T PANIC, Part 2: My iPad App Now Runs the PC (a Little)

Описание и применение

Приложение iPad теперь отображает статус ПК, управляет его функциями и обеспечивает безопасный доступ к AI‑моделям, работающим на одном GPU.

Задача

Enable an iPad to control and interact with a PC’s AI services while maintaining security and resource isolation.

Результат

The iPad app now provides real‑time PC status, limited PC control, dedicated AI helpers, and improved security, all running on a single GPU for free.

Рабочий процесс

• Launch iPad app
• Tap "DON’T PANIC"
• Select character
• Chat with AI
• Use status strip to monitor PC health
• Press PC buttons to backup, sleep AIs, lock PC, or play audio
• Interact with Claude helpers via voice or text

Доказательства

Last week I built The Hitchhiker's Guide: an iPad home-screen app with a big friendly DON'T PANIC on it. Tap it, pick a character, chat. Every answer comes from AIs on my own PC: Claude, free cloud AIs, and local models on my one graphics card.

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Status strip: CPU and GPU temps, memory, when the last backup finished, and whether the internet is up. It goes red only when something is actually wrong.

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PC buttons: exactly four. Back up now. Put the local AIs to sleep (frees the graphics card). Lock the PC. Say something out loud on the PC speakers.

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Three Claude helpers, talk-only: a planner, a Linux tutor, and a notes keeper. From the iPad they can talk and read. They can't run commands, edit files or browse.

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Keeps the PC awake while I'm using it, so the PC doesn't nod off mid-conversation. The screen still locks.

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Security pass: I had it reviewed. The big fix: chat text now goes to Claude through the front door (stdin), never on the command line, so a sneaky message can't pretend to be a setting.

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