Build Journey
The Evening I Paired My TV to My Phone for the First Time
August 7: the TV pairs with a phone.
The Ford family · Josh, dad and builder of FamilyOrganization.app, writing up his build journey
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On August 7 I made the Roku app pair with a phone. The TV signs in anonymously, shows a short code, and checks until a phone claims it. Then it gets a session limited to that household. The real database address and key live in a file that's kept out of git, with only an example file committed.
The same day I also made task check-offs on the TV write back to the database, so a task checked off on the TV is saved. That's the start of kids checking off chores with the remote.
Built on August 7, 2026 (commit 3db31a1). Written up on October 2, 2026 from my commit history.