Tracing the #!: How the Linux Kernel Handles the Shebang
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/tracing-the-how-the-linux-kernel-handles-the-shebang/

One of the delights in Bash, zsh, or whichever shell tickles your fancy in your OSS distribution of choice, is the ease of which you can use scripts. These can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/tracing-the-how-the-linux-kernel-handles-the-shebang/)

Repairing Classic Sound Cards
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/repairing-classic-sound-cards/

Sound hardware has been built into PC motherboards for so long now it’s difficult to remember the days when a sound card was an expensive add-on peripheral. By the mid …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/repairing-classic-sound-cards/)

Tiny Pogo Robot Gets Wings, Does Flips
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/tiny-pogo-robot-gets-wings-does-flips/

Most robots depend on controlled environments, because the real world is hard to get around in. The smaller the robot, the bigger this problem because little wheels (or legs) can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/tiny-pogo-robot-gets-wings-does-flips/)

Biting Off More Than I Can Chew
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/biting-off-more-than-i-can-chew/

Earlier this year, I bought one of those K40-style laser machines that was listed at a ridiculously low price, and it arrived broken. Well, let me qualify that: the laser …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/biting-off-more-than-i-can-chew/)

DIY Soldering Tweezers, Extra Thrifty
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/diy-soldering-tweezers-extra-thrifty/

It started when [Mitxela] was faced with about a hundred incorrectly-placed 0603 parts. Given that he already owned two TS101 soldering irons, a 3D printer, and knows how to use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/diy-soldering-tweezers-extra-thrifty/)

Vibe Check: False Packages a New LLM Security Risk?
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/vibe-check-false-packages-a-new-llm-security-risk/

Lots of people swear by large-language model (LLM) AIs for writing code. Lots of people swear at them. Still others may be planning to exploit their peculiarities, according to [Joe …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/vibe-check-false-packages-a-new-llm-security-risk/)

Hacking a Cheap Rechargeable Lamp With Non-Standard USB-C Connector
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/hacking-a-cheap-rechargeable-lamp-with-non-standard-usb-c-connector/

Recently [Dillan Stock] over at The Stock Pot YouTube channel bought a $17 ‘mushroom’ lamp from his local Kmart that listed ‘USB-C rechargeable’ as one of its features, the only problem …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/hacking-a-cheap-rechargeable-lamp-with-non-standard-usb-c-connector/)

The Incomplete JSON Pretty Printer (Brought To You By Vibes)
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/the-incomplete-json-pretty-printer-brought-to-you-by-vibes/

Incomplete JSON (such as from a log that terminates unexpectedly) doesn’t parse cleanly, which means anything that usually prints JSON nicely, won’t. Frustration with this is what led [Simon Willison] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/the-incomplete-json-pretty-printer-brought-to-you-by-vibes/)

A 17th Century Music Computer
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/a-17th-century-music-computer/