Josephine Cochrane Invented the Modern Dishwasher — In 1886
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/josephine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/

Popular Science has an excellent article on how Josephine Cochrane transformed how dishes are cleaned by inventing an automated dish washing machine and obtaining a patent in 1886. Dishwashers had …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/josephine-cochrane-invented-the-modern-dishwasher-in-1886/)

TrapC: A C Extension For the Memory Safety Boogeyman
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/trapc-a-c-extension-for-the-memory-safety-boogeyman/

In the world of programming languages it often feels like being stuck in a Groundhog Day-esque loop through purgatory, as effectively the same problems are being solved over and over, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/trapc-a-c-extension-for-the-memory-safety-boogeyman/)

Tiny Laptop Gets a New Case and an Unlocking
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/tiny-laptop-gets-a-new-case-and-an-unlocking/

Unless you’ve got an especially small lap, calling the Toshiba Libretto a laptop is a bit of a stretch. The diminutive computers from the mid-1990s had a lot of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/tiny-laptop-gets-a-new-case-and-an-unlocking/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Batwing Typewriter
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-batwing-typewriter/

[Alex] of YouTube channel [EastMakes] wrote into tell me about his fantastic QWERTY ‘hexpansion’ board for the 2024 EMF Tildagon badge, and [Alex], I’m super glad you did. The system …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-batwing-typewriter/)

A Deep Dive Into Canon Autofocus Lenses
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/a-deep-dive-into-canon-autofocus-lenses/

Credit: Markus Kohlpaintner
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A Magic Eye Tube Does All The Work In This Kit
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/a-magic-eye-tube-does-all-the-work-in-this-kit/

We’re used to low cost parts and a diversity of electronic functions to choose from in our projects, to the extent that our antecedents would be green with envy. Back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/a-magic-eye-tube-does-all-the-work-in-this-kit/)

How To Use LLMs For Programming Tasks
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/how-to-use-llms-for-programming-tasks/

[Simon Willison] has put together a list of how, exactly, one goes about using a large language models (LLM) to help write code. If you have wondered just what the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/11/how-to-use-llms-for-programming-tasks/)