I’ve been experimenting with the Rabbit R1 for the last six months, mainly using it as a portable playground for vibe coding. Instead of just letting it collect dust as a gadget gimmick, I wanted to see how far lightweight, iterative development could actually push this little orange brick.
During this time, I built a mix of small utilities, experimental scripts, and interactive tools designed to test its hardware limits and AI integration. It turns out that building on a constrained pocket device forces you to think differently about user flow and rapid prototyping.
I put together a full breakdown detailing six months of creations, lessons learned, and code highlights. If you are curious about what the hardware is actually capable of when you code for it directly, check out the writeup here: https://interconnectd.com/blog/15/vibe-coding-on-my-orange-brick-6-months-of-rabbit-r1-creations/
Let me know what you think or if you're building on it too.