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Why we built it

This started in avery normalhousehold.

In our house, "Where's the remote?" was basically a second language.

A one-year-old. A four-year-old. A nine-year-old who lives on YouTube. A TV that's always on. And at least one adult who is very confident they do not have ADHD... while the rest of us are quietly living in it.

(always on)found it first!

The remote has one job. Stay put.

It goes rogue instead.

An incomplete list. Most of these are real. We're not telling you which. The dog has been questioned and refuses to comment.

The fridgeThe freezer, next to the peasThe mailboxThe diaper pailThe dog's bedInside a cereal boxThe bathroom. Don't ask.A coat pocket, out the doorThe toy boxUnder a sleeping toddlerInside a shoe. While someone was wearing it.The washing machine. It's very clean now.The trash. Rescued just in time.A school lunchboxWedged in the reclinerGrandma's purseThe oven. It was off. Probably.The car. Nobody drove anywhere.Inside the couch. Obviously.

And then it happens

Someone asks, "Where's the remote?"

Everything stops.

  • Couch cushions lifted.
  • Blankets shaken.
  • The fridge checked, just in case.
  • The baby briefly blamed.
  • The four-year-old denies everything.
  • The nine-year-old doesn't look up from YouTube.

You've lived this moment.

The things we tried

Before we built it, we tried everything.

Seriously. All real, all in our house. Spoiler: none of it worked.

  1. Attempt #1

    We taped things to it

    Including a pool noodle. That was... a moment.

    Nope.
  2. Attempt #2

    A magnetic holder on the TV

    The remote never made it back there. Now there's just a magnet on the TV.

    Nope.
  3. Attempt #3

    A remote alarm

    Press a button and the remote beeps. We lost the button.

    Nope.
  4. Attempt #4

    Sleeves. So many sleeves.

    Silicone. Even the ones that claim to hold an AirTag. They stretch. They split. They slip off.

    Nope.
  5. Attempt #5

    Routines. Rules.

    Putting it back "every time." The remote still disappeared.

    Nope.
  6. Remote Buddi holding a Firestick remote
    Attempt #6

    So we built Remote Buddi.

    We stopped hacking the problem and fixed it properly. None of those were designed to survive real life. This was.

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So we built it

You lose it. You find it.

You don't put it away. You don't remember where it lives. You don't try harder next time. It goes missing, your phone takes you straight to it. That's the whole point.

The dog is still not consulted.

About the sock

The other sock didn't get lost. It left.

Two socks went into the dryer. One had other plans.

You know the pile. The one with all the single socks waiting for their other half to come home. They're not coming home. One sock from every pair makes a run for it, and it never leaves empty-handed. Check its pockets. That's your remote.

Your socks are on their own. Your remote isn't.

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