In the early days of the World Wide Web – with the Year 2000 and the threat of a global collapse of society were still years away – the crafting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/the-world-wide-web-and-the-death-of-graceful-degradation/)

When Repairs Go Inside Integrated Circuits
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/when-repairs-go-inside-integrated-circuits/

What can you do if your circuit repair diagnosis indicates an open circuit within an integrated circuit (IC)? Your IC got too hot and internal wiring has come loose. You …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/when-repairs-go-inside-integrated-circuits/)

The Make-roscope
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/the-make-roscope/

Normal people binge-scroll social media. Hackaday writers tend to pore through online tech news and shopping sites incessantly. The problem with the shopping sites is that you wind up buying …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/the-make-roscope/)

As The World Burns, At least You’ll Have Secure Messaging
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/as-the-world-burns-at-least-youll-have-secure-messaging/

There’s a section of our community who concern themselves with the technological aspects of preparing for an uncertain future, and for them a significant proportion of effort goes in to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/as-the-world-burns-at-least-youll-have-secure-messaging/)

Stylus Synth Should Have Used a 555– and Did!
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/stylus-synth-should-have-used-a-555-and-did/

For all that “should have used a 555” is a bit of a meme around here, there’s some truth to it. The humble 555 is a wonderful tool in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/stylus-synth-should-have-used-a-555-and-did/)

Working On Open-Source High-Speed Ethernet Switch
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/working-on-open-source-high-speed-ethernet-switch/

Our hacker [Andrew Zonenberg] reports in on his open-source high-speed Ethernet switch. He hasn’t finished yet, but progress has been made. If you were wondering what might be involved in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/working-on-open-source-high-speed-ethernet-switch/)

Plugging Plasma Leaks in Magnetic Confinement With New Guiding Center Model
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/plugging-plasma-leaks-in-magnetic-confinement-with-new-guiding-center-model/

Interior of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator during maintenance.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Interior_of_W7-X_stellarator.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Interior_of_W7-X_stellarator.jpg?w=800">Although the idea of containing a plasma within a magnetic field seems straightforward at first, plasmas are highly dynamic systems that will happily escape magnetic confinement if given half a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/plugging-plasma-leaks-in-magnetic-confinement-with-new-guiding-center-model/)

The Mouse Language, Running on Arduino
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/the-mouse-language-running-on-arduino/

Although plenty of us have our preferred language for coding, whether it’s C for its hardware access, Python for its usability, or Fortran for its mathematic prowess, not every language …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/20/the-mouse-language-running-on-arduino/)