Zebra Rodeo

A box that plays a story when a child puts a figurine on top. Built for my three kids by someone who knew nothing about electronics: the breadboard, the potentiometer that burned, the five enclosures and the printed board.

First shown on Hacker News on 27 October 2026 as “Marelleo, an open-source story box I built for my kids using ESP32”, where it reached 194 points and 51 comments. Read the discussion.