How I AI · Monday, July 27, 2026
Maddie Reese, a hardware enthusiast with no prior coding background, discusses how the AI-powered coding tool Cursor has enabled her to create innovative hardware projects. She explains how she used Cursor to develop a system where people can send messages to her via a website, which then prints them on a small thermal printer.
“And hardware was one of those things.”
“Here is the web page where people can send me a message. You just go to Madie D Reese.com/message and you fill in your name, you fill in whatever you want to send, and then print a ticket and it prints out on my desk.”
“I have a Raspberry Pi on my desk over here, and then it's connected to this to the printer via Bluetooth.”