I have always loved the idea of having a display like this to act as a personal dashboard. I spent years dithering over buying a LaMetric Time but never actually pulled the trigger. I was always put off by the limitations of its small display (particularly the low pixel count), as well as having to pay for extra features like a speaker that I really didn’t want in a device like this.
The Tydbyt is really what I have been looking for, and I am excited to receive mine. Obviously the strength of this device will hinge on the apps that are built for it, so I do hope some time and energy is devoted to creating a robust app store and powerful developer tools.
What programming languages will it support? (I’ve recently taken my first steps at learning Python.)
Because an API is available you can control your device with almost any programming language. Get good at web requests in python, get yourself a $5/month vps on digital ocean or something and you’ll be ready when your get your Tidbyt. Also this : https://github.com/tidbyt/pixlet
Great tip on using DigitalOcean. That is actually where we host the company development servers. You can also get a server there for free for 2 months: https://try.digitalocean.com/freetrialoffer/
@saltedlolly If you’re starting out with Python, that’ll translate pretty well to Tidbyt apps. We write them in with Pixlet, which @Tavis_Gustafson linked above. The actual language is [Starlark][1], which is effectively Python with a few pieces removed to make it safer & more efficient to host and run. More on that here: https://github.com/tidbyt/pixlet#how-it-works