This week Jonathan chats with Olivier Vernin of Updatecli, the tool that helps you update everything! Need to roll out dependency updates intelligently? Or even automatically deploy to a server …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/floss-weekly-episode-881-eating-its-own-tail/)

Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/

The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139/)

Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/

This is going to be a very personal question, because when you’re talking cloud vs local anything, it comes down to this: how much are you willing to pay for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/local-llms-can-work-better-than-claude-at-least-for-some/)

3D Printable Lenticular Indicators
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/3d-printable-lenticular-indicators/

You can 3D print all kinds of things, from Yoda heads to little models of Pikachu. Eventually, though, most of us get to a point where we want to print …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/3d-printable-lenticular-indicators/)

Origami Sensors That You Can Wear
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear/

Origami is a wonderful art form, but as a new project from the Shibaura Institute of Technology demonstrates, it can also have applications in the world of wearable tech. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/09/origami-sensors-that-you-can-wear/)

If It’s Electronic Paper, Why Not Print To It?
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/if-its-electronic-paper-why-not-print-to-it/

E-ink is supposed to be the electronic version of dead-tree paper, but there’s one enormous difference: how you get your images and text onto it. For paper, you print on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/if-its-electronic-paper-why-not-print-to-it/)

Open Source Acoustic Drone Detection
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/open-source-acoustic-drone-detection/

Drones have become a potent military threat, particularly on the small scale. Nimble multi-rotor drones are fast, difficult to spot, and can cause plenty of harm if allowed to go …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/10/open-source-acoustic-drone-detection/)