In the middle of the 20th century, the atom was all the rage. Radiation was the shiny new solution to everything while being similarly poorly understood by the general public …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/the-hottest-spark-plugs-were-actually-radioactive/)

Building An Open Source Point of Sale System
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/building-an-open-source-point-of-sale-system/

[Mukesh Sankhla] has been tinkering in the world of Point of Sale systems of late. His latest creation is a simple, straightforward kiosk system, and he’s open sourced the design. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/building-an-open-source-point-of-sale-system/)

Lost Techniques: Bond-out CPUs and In Circuit Emulation
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/lost-techniques-cpu-in-circuit-emulation/

These days, we take it for granted that you can connect a cheap piece of hardware to a microcontroller and have an amazing debugging experience. Stop the program. Examine memory …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/lost-techniques-cpu-in-circuit-emulation/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 849: Veilid: Be a Brick
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/floss-weekly-episode-849-veilid-be-a-brick/

This week Jonathan talks with Brandon and TC about Veilid, the peer-to-peer networking framework that takes inspiration from Tor, and VeilidChat, the encrypted messenger built on top of it. What …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/floss-weekly-episode-849-veilid-be-a-brick/)

Segger’s Awkward USB-C Issue With the J-Link Compact Debugger
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/seggers-awkward-usb-c-issue-with-the-j-link-compact-debugger/

Theoretically USB-C is a pretty nifty connector, but the reality is that it mostly provides many exciting new ways to make your device not work as expected. With the gory …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/seggers-awkward-usb-c-issue-with-the-j-link-compact-debugger/)

Electric Surfboard Gets Thrust Vectoring Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/electric-surfboard-gets-thrust-vectoring-upgrade/

The internet has already taught us that an electric surfboard is a great way to get around on the water while looking like an absolute badass. [RCLifeOn] is continuing to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/electric-surfboard-gets-thrust-vectoring-upgrade/)

Mesa Project Adds Code Comprehension Requirement After AI Slop Incident
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/mesa-project-adds-code-comprehension-requirement-after-ai-slop-incident/

Recently [Faith Ekstrand] announced on Mastodon that Mesa was updating its contributor guide. This follows a recent AI slop incident where someone submitted a massive patch to the Mesa project …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/mesa-project-adds-code-comprehension-requirement-after-ai-slop-incident/)

The Making of a Minimalist Analog Drum Machine
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/01/the-making-of-a-minimalist-analog-drum-machine/