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Cool stuff I've found around the internet.

2026

• MinerU - convert PDFs into machine-readable markdown and JSON
• KiBot - scriptable fabrication and documentation generation for KiCad projects
• ngscopeclient - GPU-accelerated remote control and analysis suite for test instruments
• What Working on Pebble Taught Me About Building Hardware - lessons from building Pebble smartwatches
• Rust at Volvo Cars — Julius Gustavsson, NDC TechTown 2025
• Real time decoding of 100baseT1 automotive Ethernet with ngscopeclient + ThunderScope - Andrew Zonenberg
• Debugging PCIe flapping on STM32MP257 with ngscopeclient - Andrew Zonenberg
• Inside a 3000W Water-Cooled Power Supply (with GaN & SiC) - ElectrArc240
• Breaking architecture barriers: Running x86 games and apps on ARM - 39C3 / Tony Wasserka
• Cracking open what makes Apple's Low-Latency WiFi so fast - 39C3 / Henri Jäger
• Liberating Bluetooth on the ESP32 - 39C3 / Antonio Vázquez Blanco
• Modular Code with Examples in C# — Ian Cooper, NDC London 2026

2025

• Bootlin Buildroot tutorial - the best free resource for learning Buildroot
• ESP-Hosted - use an ESP32 as a WiFi co-processor for Linux hosts
• OpenEarable 2 - open-source AI platform for ear-based sensing with true wireless audio
• ZEReader - Zephyr-based firmware for an open hardware eBook reader
• RoyalBlue54L Debugger - Zephyr-based CMSIS-DAP debugger firmware
• siliconpr0n - silicon die photography and reverse engineering
• Silicon Reverse Engineering - good video intro to the field
• Bunnie Huang — Hardware Hacking, Biotech, China vs US Manufacturing
• Why the Death of Moore's Law Makes Open Source Silicon Possible
• Heterogeneous Multiprocessing on i.MX 95 using Zephyr & Linux - Toradex/OpenAMP

timeless

• A Note About Git Commit Messages - tpope on formatting conventions
• How to Write a Git Commit Message - the seven rules
• Good Commit Messages and Enforcing Them with Git Hooks