Hackaday Newsletter 0xA5

I'll say it out loud: It's not unusual to love hacking. [HACKADAY]() Solar Dynamics Observatory: Our Solar Early Warning System [Read Article Now»]( Sharing is Caring By [Elliot Williams]( Most of what we do here at Hackaday is look out for cool projects and then write them up so that you all know about them. Nothing is better than being really stoked about a clever hack and then being able to share it with tens of thousands of like-minded folks. Sure, it’s our job, but we really do it because we love to share. And it’s clear that you all do too! After all, we write up the hacks that you document for us. We recently featured a hack where the guy who did the work in question said that he didn’t think it was “worthy of Hackaday”. (Of course, it was!) And I don’t like that sentiment at all, honestly, because a hack that you enjoyed doing is a hack worth sharing, even if just for sharing the joy of doing it, and that came across fully. Of course we gladly feature the ultra-bravado hacks where the nearly impossible is made real. But there’s equal value in the simple hacks that inspire others to pursue one odd path or another. Or even pieces where there’s no hack involved, but simply the sharing of something cool. This week, [Arya Voronova] wrote a piece about [her experience using MicroPython on embedded devices](, and it apparently resonated with a lot of our readers. It’s not a deep-dive into MicroPython, or a mind-bending abuse of the language. Instead, it’s a simple “this is what I love about doing things this way”, and that’s a great perspective that often gets lost when we get deep in the technical weeds. I had the same realization a few months back at Hackaday Europe. In the lightning talks, most everyone gave talks about cool projects that they are working on, and they’re absolutely worth watching for that. [Jaap Meijers] gave [a wonderful talk about making animated QR codes]( but it wasn’t about how he invented animated QR codes, because he was just using someone else’s project. Instead, it was about how neat he thought someone else’s work was, and how he really wanted to share it with us. (And now you know too.) Epic hacks are fantastic, no question. But the simple expression of the love of hacking, whether in words or simply in the doing, is equally important. Show us your work, but don’t forget to show us your joy along the way. From the Blog --------------------------------------------------------------- [Peering Into The Black Box of Large Language Models]( By [Donald Papp]( Recent work tries to shed light on what's really going on inside the LLMs. [Read more »]( [The Flash Memory Lifespan Question: Why QLC May Be NAND Flash’s Swan Song]( By [Maya Posch]( There is only so far you can push flash memory density before it becomes unreliable. [Read more »]( [Embedded Python: MicroPython Is Amazing]( By [Arya Voronova]( Arya has a lot of fun with MicroPython on microcontrollers. Maybe you will too! [Read more »]( [Hackaday Podcast]( [Hackaday Podcast Episode 279: Solar Flares, Flash Cells, and Free Airline WiFi]( By [Hackaday Editors]() What happened last week on Hackaday? The Podcast will get you up to speed. [Read more »]( If You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [Samsung Killed The Online Service, This 20 Dollar Dongle Brings It Back]( [Model Rocket Nails Vertical Landing After Three-Year Effort]( [Supercon 2023: Why More Hackers Should Earn Their Wings]( [Hacking Airline WiFi the Hard Way]( [Ticketmaster SafeTix Reverse-Engineered]( [Hackaday]() NEVER MISS A HACK [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update preferences]( Hackaday.com · 61 S Fair Oaks Ave Ste 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105-2270 · USA