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alexnorton • 08/19/2026 • 0 replies • view on HN

Along similar lines I used Codex to reverse engineer and build a modern driver for the niche, proprietary Sony USB protocol for an old camcorder I have lying around, having never done anything like that or used Rust before. It feels like LLMs could be a huge force in making older hardware usable again.

https://github.com/alexnorton/handycam-rs