Ask Hackaday: What’s a Sun-Like Star? - Is a bicycle like a motorcycle? Of course, the answer is it is and it isn’t. Sayin... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/10/ask-hackaday-whats-a-sun-like-star/ #askhackaday #exoplanets #astronomy #rants

Ask Hackaday: Vibe Coding - Vibe coding is the buzzword of the moment. What is it? The practice of writing sof... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/09/ask-hackaday-vibe-coding/ #artificialintelligence #softwaredevelopment #askhackaday #vibecoding #llm #ai

Ask Hackaday: What Would You Do With the World’s Smallest Microcontroller? - It’s generally pretty easy to spot a microcontroller on a PCB. There are clues apl... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/ask-hackaday-what-would-you-do-with-the-worlds-smallest-microcontroller/ #microcontrollers #texasinstruments #hackadaycolumns #microcontroller #askhackaday #cortex #arm #bga #mcu

Ask Hackaday: How Much Would You Stake On An Online Retailer - On the bench where this is being written, there’s a Mitutoyo vernier caliper. It’s... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/08/ask-hackaday-how-much-would-you-stake-on-an-online-retailer/ #askhackaday #counterfeit #interest #amazon #tools

Ask Hackaday: How Do You Make Front Panels? - We’ll admit it. The closer a project is to completion, the less enthusiasm we have... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/20/ask-hackaday-how-do-you-make-front-panels/ #hackadaycolumns #askhackaday #frontpanel

Ask Hackaday: Do You Calibrate Your Instruments? - Like many of you, I have a bench full of electronic instruments. The newest is my ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/09/ask-hackaday-do-you-calibrate-your-instruments/ #benchinstruments #hackadaycolumns #askhackaday #calibration #measurement #hardware

Ask Hackaday: What If You Did Have a Room Temperature Superconductor? - The news doesn’t go long without some kind of superconductor announcement these da... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/ask-hackaday-what-if-you-did-have-a-room-temperature-superconductor/ #superconductivity #superconductor #currentevents #askhackaday #featured #interest #science

Ask Hackaday: Why Are Self-Checkouts Failing? - Most people who read Hackaday have positive feelings about automation. (Notice we ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/01/16/ask-hackaday-why-are-self-checkouts-failing/ #currentevents #self-checkout #askhackaday #technology #featured #interest

Ask Hackaday: What Do You Do When You Can’t Solder? - Ah, soldering. It’s great for sticking surface mount parts to a PCB, and it’s real... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/18/ask-hackaday-what-do-you-do-when-you-cant-solder/ #hackadaycolumns #askhackaday #scotchloks #solderseal #crimps #wago

Ask Hackaday: Why Retrocomputing? - I recently dropped in on one of the Vintage Computer Festival events, and it made ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/16/ask-hackaday-why-retrocomputing/ #vintagecomputing #hackadaycolumns #retrocomputing #askhackaday #rant

Ask Hackaday: What’s Linux Anyway? - Any time we mention Linux, it is a fair bet we will get a few comments from people... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/ask-hackaday-whats-linux-anyway/ #askhackaday #linuxhacks #featured #interest #rants #linux

Ask Hackaday: Learn Assembly First, Last, or Never? - A few days ago, I ran into an online post where someone pointed out the book “Lear... - https://hackaday.com/2023/07/14/ask-hackaday-learn-assembly-first-last-or-never/ #softwaredevelopment #assemblylanguage #askhackaday #rants

Ask Hackaday: Split Rail Op Amp Power Supply - Water cooler talk at the office usually centers around movies, sports, or life eve... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/20/ask-hackaday-split-rail-op-amp-power-supply/ #hackadaycolumns #superconbadge #askhackaday #opamps #parts

Ask Hackaday: The Ten Dollar Digital Mixing Desk? - There comes a point in every engineer’s life at which they need a mixing desk, and... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/06/ask-hackaday-the-ten-dollar-digital-mixing-desk/ #digitalaudiohacks #askhackaday #mixingdesk #soundcard #featured #interest #linux

Ask Hackaday: Stripping Wires with Lasers - Most of us strip the insulation off wires using some form of metal blade or blades... - https://hackaday.com/2022/09/08/ask-hackaday-stripping-wires-with-lasers/ #wirestripping #askhackaday #laserhacks #toolhacks #laser

Ask Hackaday: Would a Scooter Get You Back to the Office? - So we’re two plus years into the pandemic at this point. Are you still working fro... - https://hackaday.com/2022/04/18/ask-hackaday-would-a-scooter-get-you-back-to-the-office/ #hackadaycolumns #electricscooter #workingfromhome #askhackaday #google

Ask Hackaday: What’s Your Worst Soldering Job? - Soldering! It’s the primary method for attaching one component to another in the w... - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/24/ask-hackaday-whats-your-worst-soldering-job/ #hackadaycolumns #askhackaday #moltenmetal #toolhacks #nightmare #soldering

Ask Hackaday: Are Extruders the Only Feasible Tools for Toolchanging? - Toolchanging in 3D printers is no longer something from the bleeding edge; it’s go... - https://hackaday.com/2021/12/13/ask-hackaday-are-extruders-the-only-feasible-tools-for-toolchanging/ #hackadaycolumns #3dprintering #toolchanging #askhackaday #3dprinters #featured #extruder

Ask Hackaday: Why Don’t Automakers Make Their Own EV Batteries? - Sales of electric vehicles continue to climb, topping three million cars worldwide... - https://hackaday.com/2021/12/01/ask-hackaday-why-dont-automakers-make-their-own-ev-batteries/ #electricvehicle #lithiumbattery #currentevents #askhackaday #originalart #electriccar #lithiumion #automaker #carhacks #featured #battery #evs #ev

In Search of The First Comment - Are you writing your code for humans or computers? I wasn’t there, but my guess is... - https://hackaday.com/2021/10/23/in-search-of-the-first-comment/ #literateprogramming #hackadaycolumns #softwarehacks #askhackaday #comments #software