As anyone who’s made a thing knows, a lot of work goes into bringing something from idea to completion. But there’s also considerable satisfaction in the process. [Willian] recently did …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/the-joy-of-making-handheld-tetris-from-scratch/)

NextSilicon’s Maverick-2: the Future of High-Performance Computing?
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/nextsilicons-maverick-2-the-future-of-high-performance-computing/

A few months back, Sandia National Laboratories announced they had acquired a new supercomputer. It wasn’t the biggest, but it still offered in their eyes something unique. This particular supercomputer …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/nextsilicons-maverick-2-the-future-of-high-performance-computing/)

Ask Hackaday: Do You Have a Dead Man’s Switch?
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/ask-hackaday-do-you-have-a-dead-mans-switch/

During the Cold War, the specter of a nuclear “dead man’s switch” was central to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). In the event that one side was annihilated …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/20/ask-hackaday-do-you-have-a-dead-mans-switch/)