Hacker Tools, Hacked Tools
We just love a good DIY tool project, and more so when it’s something that we can actually use cobbled together from stuff in our closet, or hacked out of …read more Continue reading Hacker Tools, Hacked Tools
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Tis the Season
’Tis the season for soldering! At least at my house. My son and I made some fairly LED-laden gifts for the immediate relatives last year, and he’s got the blinky …read more Continue reading Tis the Season
Thanks for Hacking
It’s that time of year again, when the turkey roasts and we think of the important things that we’re thankful for. Here at Hackaday, we’re simply thankful for all of …read more Continue reading Thanks for Hacking
Open Source, Forced Innovation, and Making Good Products
The open-source hardware business landscape is no doubt a tough one, but is it actually tougher than for closed-source hardware? That question has been on our minds since the announcement …read more Continue reading Open Source, Forced Innovation, and Making Good Products
Hackaday Hacked!
Well, that was “fun”. Last week, we wrote a newsletter post about the state of Hackaday’s comments. We get good ones and bad ones, and almost all the time, we …read more Continue reading Hackaday Hacked!
If You Can’t Say Anything Nice
You know what your mom would say, right? This week, we got an above average number of useless negative comments. A project was described as looking like a “turd” – …read more Continue reading If You Can’t Say Anything Nice
Where is the End of DIY?
Al and I were talking on the podcast about Dan Maloney’s recent piece on how lead and silver are refined and about the possibility of anyone fully understanding a modern …read more Continue reading Where is the End of DIY?
What’s the Deal with AI Art?
A couple weeks ago, we had a kerfuffle here on Hackaday: A writer put out a piece with AI-generated headline art. It was, honestly, pretty good, but it was also …read more Continue reading What’s the Deal with AI Art?
Against Elitism
A while back we got an anonymous complaint that Hackaday was “elitist”, and that got me thinking. We do write up the hacks that we find the coolest, and that …read more Continue reading Against Elitism
Always Something New Under the Sun
Some of the entries we got into the Tiny Games Contest have been really mind-blowing. Just as you think you’ve seen it all, for instance, alnwlsn comes along and mills …read more Continue reading Always Something New Under the Sun