Limb
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Limb
@__padmanabhan
SWE | building stuff | breaking stuff | making music




















1st place: StringIQ. Winning $5,000 in cash, and 3 months ElevenLabs Scale. StringIQ is a realtime guitar coach that gives verbal feedback while you play. x.com/__padmanabhan/…

Learning an instrument is one of the most rewarding things you can do. But it's hard. Beginners start excited, then get stuck. Progress feels invisible. Many quit within a year. Lessons? Expensive. The problem: no real-time feedback. StringIQ changes that. StringIQ is a real-time AI music training system for guitar that gamifies learning, listening to every note, responding instantly, and adapting to your playing. Mistakes get caught as they happen, not after. And while it starts with guitar, this extends to any instrument. Feedback shouldn't come after you play. It should be heard and felt in the moment. Research shows auditory feedback drives subconscious correction. You don't think, you adjust. So I pushed it further. StringIQ adds multi-sensory feedback. You hear the coach. You see feedback. You feel it, ambient lights responding to your playing in real time. Think concert lights, but for practice. Drift off tempo or hit wrong notes, the lights turn red 🔴. Lock in and they stay green 🟢. No delay. No analysis. Just correction. Your brain links error to signal and fixes it instantly. 🧠 Under the hood: advanced digital signal processing coupled with @ElevenLabs Agents and TTS deliver real-time coaching. ElevenLabs Voice Design crafted the coach's unique voice. The ElevenLabs Music API generates backing tracks for your sessions. Tuya controls the smart lights. StringIQ was built entirely in @kirodotdev. Spec-driven development for structure, vibe coding for rapid iteration, agent hooks as quality gates, steering for consistent conventions, and Kiro's ElevenLabs Power for integration. MCPs extended the workflow: Fetch for real-time API grounding, Context7 for persistent codebase context. StringIQ doesn't just tell you what went wrong. It makes you feel it. StringIQ - Practice smarter, not harder. 🎸 #CodeWithKiro #ElevenHacks #BuildInPublic #MusicTech #AI #IndieHackers #Creativity #BuildSomething #SideProject #ShipFast #LearnInPublic #devlog #FromIdea #PaddysAILabs #Music #AIMusic #Guitar @ElevenLabsDevs





