There are a lot of distractions in daily life, especially with all the different forms of technology and their accompanying algorithms vying for our attention in the modern world. [mar1ash] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/back-to-reality-with-the-time-brick/)

Building an nRF52840 and Battery-Powered Zigbee Gate Sensor
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/building-an-nrf52840-and-battery-powered-zigbee-gate-sensor/

Recently [Glen Akins] reported on Bluesky that the Zigbee-based sensor he had made for his garden’s rear gate was still going strong after a Summer and Winter on the original …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/building-an-nrf52840-and-battery-powered-zigbee-gate-sensor/)

Terminal DAW Does it in Style
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/terminal-daw-does-it-in-style/

As any Linux chat room or forum will tell you, the most powerful tool to any Linux user is a terminal emulator. Just about every program under the sun has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/terminal-daw-does-it-in-style/)

A Gentle Introduction to COBOL
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/a-gentle-introduction-to-cobol/

As the Common Business Oriented Language, COBOL has a long and storied history. To this day it’s quite literally the financial bedrock for banks, businesses and financial institutions, running largely …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/a-gentle-introduction-to-cobol/)

Radio Repeaters In the Sky
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/radio-repeaters-in-the-sky/

One of the first things that an amateur radio operator is likely to do once receiving their license is grab a dual-band handheld and try to make contacts with a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/radio-repeaters-in-the-sky/)

Supercon 2024: Photonics/Optical Stack for Smart-Glasses
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/supercon-2024-photonics-optical-stack-for-smart-glasses/

Smart glasses are a complicated technology to work with. The smart part is usually straightforward enough—microprocessors and software are perfectly well understood and easy to integrate into even very compact …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/supercon-2024-photonics-optical-stack-for-smart-glasses/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 831: Let’s Have Lunch
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/floss-weekly-episode-831-lets-have-lunch/

This week, Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch chat with Peter van Dijk about PowerDNS! Is the problem always DNS? How did PowerDNS start? And just how big can PowerDNS scale? …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/floss-weekly-episode-831-lets-have-lunch/)