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2026

Electronics Anthem original ↗

16 Aug 2026

2025

Electronics Anthem original ↗

14 Sept 2025

2024

Recovering my non-booting MBAir from 2012 original ↗

28 Jul 2024

2022

A WASM version of my MandelbrotSSE - runs in the browser!original ↗

3 Dec 2022

A circuit to charge a LiPo and drive a load at the same time original ↗

6 Aug 2022

AVX instructions and SDL2 in my real-time Mandelbrot zoomer original ↗

15 Jul 2022

2021

Repairing an SLS 2200 powerbank original ↗

11 Sept 2021

The Monkey Island PC-Speaker music player original ↗

27 Jul 2021

Built in a week: A tiny FORTH for an Arduino UNO's 2K of RAM original ↗

3 Jul 2021

A USB2.0 adapter and a 3D-printed enclosure for my AtomicPI original ↗

3 Feb 2021

Another year, another SBC (Firefly/Station M1)original ↗

23 Jan 2021

2020

Making Mandelbrot run in a 1.4$ microcontroller - and speeding up 100x with XaoS original ↗

30 Oct 2020

Backing up to SBC-based ZFS original ↗

7 Jul 2020

Drained batteries, LEDs, and creative solitude original ↗

4 Apr 2020

Playing with ROCK PI S - an RK3308 IoT device original ↗

25 Jan 2020

2019

Compiling a CPU, in a cheap FPGA board original ↗

20 Oct 2019

Remote serial port via ESP8266 original ↗

3 Aug 2019

Remote power control via ESP8266 original ↗

28 Jul 2019

Atomic PI adventures original ↗

31 May 2019

I ported my own CPU in my FPGA board original ↗

17 Mar 2019

2018

FPGA real-time Mandelbrot zoomer original ↗

9 Dec 2018

2017

Tinkering with electronics original ↗

5 Aug 2017

The Program of the Month (26 years ago)original ↗

8 Jul 2017

2016

Freeing my tablet (Android hacking, SW and HW)original ↗

23 Oct 2016

Code coverage analysis on embedded targets original ↗

27 Apr 2016

2015

The long tail of Lisp original ↗

11 Nov 2015

Score4JS in React/TypeScript original ↗

12 Sept 2015

2014

What is running inside my bash?original ↗

3 Oct 2014

Python, the Ulam spiral and PyPy original ↗

5 Jan 2014

2013

Building a tiny ARM-based server original ↗

15 Dec 2013

Simulating waves in Javascript original ↗

1 Dec 2013

ASN.1, ASN1SCC - and a TASTE teaser original ↗

18 Jun 2013

Optimizing code for the European Space Agency (CUDA/SSE/etc)original ↗

3 Jun 2013

VIM, XML and regexp mysteries original ↗

9 Mar 2013

2012

Automatically solving the UnblockMe puzzle original ↗

21 Oct 2012

Python "compile-time" type checking original ↗

6 Aug 2012

X macros original ↗

14 Apr 2012

Offline playback of Youtube videos with their annotations original ↗

27 Mar 2012

Functional-style Python original ↗

23 Mar 2012

Why I use VIM original ↗

10 Mar 2012

2011

Euler 31 - Dynamic programming original ↗

29 Dec 2011

Yield differences amongst languages original ↗

30 Nov 2011

Stack-checking a program that will execute in orbit original ↗

16 Sept 2011

Porting Score4 to Javascript original ↗

26 Jul 2011

Automatically playing the ConnectFour puzzle original ↗

9 Jul 2011

For C programmers that hate C++original ↗

8 Mar 2011

Real-time raytracing with CUDA - a month later original ↗

6 Feb 2011

Real-time raytracing with CUDA original ↗

2 Jan 2011

2010

The sickness puzzle original ↗

21 Nov 2010

100 prisoners - I want to break free original ↗

12 Jul 2010

Simulating gravity original ↗

17 Jun 2010

A SW-only realtime 3D renderer original ↗

18 Apr 2010

2009

SDL-based simulations of snow, waves, etc original ↗

29 Jul 2009

Playing with an ATmega168 original ↗

21 Jun 2009

Windows backups original ↗

15 Apr 2009

2008

Automatically solving the Knight's Tour puzzle original ↗

29 Nov 2008

Visualize real-time data streams with Gnuplot original ↗

20 Sept 2008

Shielding your files with Reed-Solomon codes original ↗

30 Jul 2008

Playing mp3PRO files under Linux original ↗

26 Apr 2008

Offline rsync original ↗

16 Mar 2008

2007

Optimal remote backups with rsync over Samba original ↗

27 Oct 2007

The power of Python's yield original ↗

7 Oct 2007

Building a (fast) Wikipedia offline reader original ↗

13 Aug 2007

Playing with statistics and Python original ↗

17 Jun 2007

2006

Optimally filling-up storage with dynamic programming original ↗

17 Sept 2006

A Python puzzle for python newbies original ↗

20 Aug 2006

UNIX/Linux tricks original ↗

6 Aug 2006

The crossing ladders puzzle (Python, Octave, SAGE, ...)original ↗

16 Jul 2006

Writing Makefiles original ↗

2 Jul 2006

2002

Mandelbrot zoomer in SSE (and CUDA)original ↗

21 Jul 2002