You know you want to own your own KITT. Every little boy who grew up in the ’80s thought about it. I did. I never thought it was possible. With all the AI tools we have now, it is more realistic – and, in the same breath, a little less interesting. But I still wanted to get it dialed in.
The whole build starts with one stubborn constraint: the truck sits for days at a time, and when it sits, nothing is supposed to be awake. This is a computer for a 1969 Chevy Blazer (and a second truck, a Dodge). It sleeps until my phone comes near, wakes, boots, and talks. Offline-first, low power, always-on sentry that draws almost nothing and a real computer that stays dark until it is needed.