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Read @SPEC.md and @playdate-api.txt and do an @agent-Plan

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wget https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/ical

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ls

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ical playdate-api.txt SPEC.md

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mv ical schedule.ics

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Read schedule.ics first 100 lines instead and continue

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The Plan agent has created a comprehensive implementation plan for the FOSDEM 2026 Playdate Schedule Reader. Here's a summary:

Implementation Plan Summary

File Structure

fosdem-schedule/
├── source/
│   ├── main.lua                 # Entry point, game loop
│   ├── config.lua               # Constants
│   ├── state.lua                # App state management
│   ├── ui/
│   │   ├── scheduleView.lua     # Main gridview
│   │   ├── qrOverlay.lua        # QR code display
│   │   ├── devroomsFilter.lua   # Category filter
│   │   └── warningScreen.lua    # Timezone warning
│   ├── data/
│   │   ├── icsParser.lua        # ICS file parsing
│   │   ├── eventStore.lua       # Event organization
│   │   ├── networkSync.lua      # Download logic
│   │   └── persistence.lua      # Save/load prefs
│   ├── utils/
│   │   ├── dateUtils.lua        # Date parsing
│   │   └── timeUtils.lua        # Timezone validation
│   └── input/
│       └── inputHandlers.lua    # Input handling
└── pdxinfo                      # Metadata

Implementation Phases

  1. Phase 1: Core utilities (config, date/time utils)
  2. Phase 2: Data layer (ICS parser, event store, network, persistence)
  3. Phase 3: UI components (schedule view, QR overlay, devrooms filter)
  4. Phase 4: State management & input handling
  5. Phase 5: Main app integration

Key Challenges Addressed

  • Manual ICS date parsing (YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS → epoch)
  • Comma-separated categories handling
  • Hidden category navigation logic
  • Async QR code generation
  • Timezone validation using epoch comparison
  • Network download with callbacks

Would you like me to proceed with implementing this plan?

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Yes, implement it

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Implementation complete! Here's the final project structure:

source/
├── pdxinfo                      # App metadata
├── main.lua                     # Entry point & update loop
├── config.lua                   # Constants
├── state.lua                    # State management
├── data/
│   ├── icsParser.lua           # ICS file parsing
│   ├── eventStore.lua          # Event organization
│   ├── networkSync.lua         # HTTP download
│   └── persistence.lua         # Save/load preferences
├── ui/
│   ├── scheduleView.lua        # Main gridview
│   ├── qrOverlay.lua           # QR code display
│   ├── devroomsFilter.lua      # Category filter
│   └── warningScreen.lua       # Timezone warning
├── utils/
│   ├── dateUtils.lua           # Date parsing (YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS)
│   └── timeUtils.lua           # Timezone validation
└── input/
    └── inputHandlers.lua       # D-pad, crank, buttons

Features Implemented

  • Timezone validation - Checks for CET (+01:00) on startup
  • ICS parsing - Parses VEVENT blocks with comma-separated categories
  • Network download - Downloads schedule from FOSDEM if missing
  • Main schedule view - Gridview with [HH:MM] Summary format
  • Category navigation - Left/Right buttons and crank to switch
  • QR code overlay - Press A to show event URL as QR
  • Devrooms filter - System menu to hide/show categories
  • Persistence - Saves hidden categories to datastore

To Build & Run

Use the Playdate SDK compiler:

pdc source fosdem-schedule.pdx

Then run in the simulator or sideload to device. The app will download the schedule on first run (or you can place schedule.ics in the Data folder manually).

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Are you sure this is correct -- Calculate offset between local and GMT time -- Returns offset in seconds function getTimezoneOffset() local localTime = playdate.getTime() local gmtTime = playdate.getGMTTime()

local localEpoch = playdate.epochFromTime(localTime)
local gmtEpoch = playdate.epochFromGMTTime(gmtTime)

return localEpoch - gmtEpoch

end

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You're right to question that - it's wrong! Let me think through it:

  • playdate.getTime() → local time table (e.g., {hour=14, ...} in CET)
  • playdate.getGMTTime() → GMT time table (e.g., {hour=13, ...})
  • epochFromTime(localTime) → interprets the table as local time → epoch for 13:00 UTC
  • epochFromGMTTime(gmtTime) → interprets the table as GMT → epoch for 13:00 UTC

Both return the same epoch because they represent the same moment in time! The subtraction would always be ~0.

The correct approach is to use the same time table interpreted two different ways:

Fixed. The key insight:

Function Input {hour=14} Interpretation UTC equivalent
epochFromTime() 14:00 local (CET) 13:00 UTC
epochFromGMTTime() 14:00 GMT 14:00 UTC

Difference: 14:00 UTC - 13:00 UTC = 3600 seconds

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Suggest 5 names for the app. Think a bit of quirk and german

Here are 5 quirky German-inspired names:

  1. Kurbelfahrplan - "Crank Timetable" - marries Playdate's signature crank with the German word for train schedules

  2. Das Plänchen - "The Little Plan" - cute diminutive, sounds endearing and pocketable

  3. Zeitkurbel - "Time Crank" - evokes cranking through time/schedule, very Playdate

  4. Taschenfahrplan - "Pocket Timetable" - what Germans call those fold-out train schedules; fits the Playdate perfectly

  5. Wunderkurbel - "Wonder Crank" - playful, slightly absurd, memorable

My favorite is Kurbelfahrplan - it captures both the Playdate identity (crank) and the German precision of a proper Fahrplan (the sacred train timetable that Germans take very seriously).

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fix Update error: Network access must be requested from playdate.update()

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Convert smartquotes to plain quotes everywhere. Switch the category Title to two lines if it is too long. The schedule list is white on white so text is not visible for event titles. The app name is now Kurbelfahrplan (changed in @source/pdxinfo already). I don't see the devroom location anywhere either - it should be in the top right.

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smart quotes are in the @schedule.ics file, see line 1782). We also want to pre-generate the QR codes. Write a simple bash script that takes all URLs from schedule.ics, collect the event id (https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WCSA3K-welcome_to_the_fosdem_2026_risc-v_devroom/ -> WCSA3K, and save it under source/qr/EVENT_ID.png). Generate them using qrencode which is installed. Generate in the most optimal PNG 1 bit format for the playdate, and pdc will auto convert them to pdi while compiling, so we can just use readImage to load the qr code directly.

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remove the qr code generation from lua, and switch to readImage

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Change the schedule title to left-aligned. No locatio in title, but put it in the QR code popup, where we now show 3 things: Summary, Location, and QR code. Keep the QR code on the right side of the popup.

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Write a one-time php script that takes zero dependencies, reads fosdem-2026.json, as per { "events": [ { "id": "00133708-8a63-53ed-86d9-4a9782a356c1", "legacyId": "8939", "date": "2026-01-31", "room": "AW1.126", "startTime": "12:10", "duration": "00:15", "title": "Creating an Open Source Global Solar Forecast and Dashboard", "abstract": "

Solar energy is predicted to be the largest form of power generation globally by 2040 and having accurate forecasts is critical to balancing the grid. Unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy resources are unpredictable in terms of power generation from one hour to the next. In order to balance the grid, operators need a close estimate of when and how much solar and wind power will be generated on a given day.

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Open Climate Fix (an open source AI company) developed and deployed PVNet, a large ML model which forecasts solar generation for the next 36 hours. The forecasts are used by the UK electricity grid operator for real-time decision making and for reserve planning. These forecasts can save 300,000 tonnes of CO₂ and £30 million per year.

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But how do we have a global impact? We decided to build a lightweight solar forecast that works anywhere in the world, which we showcased last year at FOSDEM. Combining this with every country's solar capacity, we are able to produce a solar forecast for every country in the world. In this talk, we'll demo our Global Forecast and discuss how this forecast can support grid transition as well as open-source renewable energy projects all over the globe.

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Open Climate Fix is an open-source not for profit company using machine learning (ML) to respond to the need for accurate renewable energy forecasts. Connecting energy industry practitioners with ML researchers doing cutting-edge energy modelling is our aim, and one way we seek to do this is by making much of our code open-source.

", "type": "devroom", "track": "Energy", "persons": [ { "id": "2605", "name": "Peter Dudfield" }, { "id": "7031", "name": "Alex Udaltsova" } ], "videos": [], "links": [ { "title": "Chat room(web)", "href": "https://chat.fosdem.org/#/room/#2026-energy:fosdem.org" }, { "title": "Chat room(app)", "href": "https://matrix.to/#/#2026-energy:fosdem.org?web-instance[element.io]=chat.fosdem.org" }, { "title": "Submit Feedback", "href": "https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/talk/M3TKEE/feedback/" } ], "chat": null }, then generates a abstracts.json file which has a mapping of event ID -> abstract but strips away all html tags. The event id is M3TKEE from the submit feedback link. Pick the pretalx link always. If the link is not present, do not include it.

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remove all emojis and convert smart quotes to regular quotes as well in the same script. The chmod was stupid

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The location should be in top right in the qr popup. Use the bottom left space to fill the abstract. Read abstracts.json in the code at loadtime. Move the qr to bottom right of the popup so we get more space for the summary. In the qr popup, the crank can be used to scroll the abstract text.

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Write a Python script inside scripts directory that has zero dependencies, fetches https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/ical, parses the ICS and saves it as a large JSON array of arrays. Each item in the large array is a event. The event is represented as a list of [ID, SUMMARY, CATEGORIES,LOCATION,DTSTART,DTEND] ID is extracted from the URL (https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/L3BK7S-free-as-in-burned-out/ -> L3BK7S). We do not use any keys to compact space. Replace icsParser with eventParser instead.

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Done! Summary of changes:

New Python script (scripts/fetch_schedule.py): - Fetches ICS from FOSDEM, parses it, outputs compact JSON - Format: [ID, SUMMARY, CATEGORIES, LOCATION, DTSTART, DTEND] - Generated 1015 events in 141KB (vs 500KB ICS)

New Lua parser (source/data/eventParser.lua): - Reads compact JSON format - Parses dates, splits categories

Removed: - icsParser.lua, networkSync.lua - Refresh Schedule menu item - Network-related code in main.lua - ICS config settings

Run the script with:

python3 scripts/fetch_schedule.py
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Assume there is only a single category and cleanup splitCategories

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Change the time format to use 0 padding. So 9:00 beomes 0900. Use a/p instead of am/pm. Don't use [] but instead use two spaces at the start. And add a separator called Day 2 if the date in a given room changes from Day 1 to Day 2. Put a checkbox in Options Menu called "Both Days" (default on). If it is ON, show all rooms. But if it is turned OFF, then only show rooms with talks for TODAY. If TODAY is not 31JAN26 or 01FEB26 then set TODAY to DAY1 to help us test the feature.

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Done! Summary of changes:

Time format (dateUtils.lua): - 24h: 0900 (zero-padded, no colon) - 12h: 0900a or 0100p (with a/p suffix)

Display format (scheduleView.lua): - Changed from [time] to time (two spaces prefix) - Added "Day 2" separator when date changes from Jan 31 to Feb 1

Both Days filter: - Checkbox in System Menu (default ON) - When OFF: only shows rooms with events for TODAY - If TODAY is not Jan 31 or Feb 1 2026, defaults to Day 1 for testing

Persistence (persistence.lua): - Saves/loads bothDays setting - Merged into single settings datastore key

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Write a HACKING.md that gives a summary of all files and important methods and rough flow (in plain text, no diagrams). Do not read any further files, do it from your context. Be terse, and do not use any emojis

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Update the @Makefile

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Updated Makefile with:

  • PLAYDATE_SDK_PATH as configurable variable
  • Dependencies: schedule.json, abstracts.json, qr/
  • source/schedule.json via fetch_schedule.py
  • source/abstracts.json via generate-abstracts.php (depends on fosdem-2026.json)
  • source/qr via generate-qr.sh (depends on schedule.json)
  • .PHONY for clean target