SysAdmin
A hosting provider shares a detailed post-mortem of a data center power incident that took four servers offline, and reflects on why public transparency about infrastructure failures creates a paradoxical disadvantage compared to competitors who stay silent.
Essays
A maker builds a PCB snowflake ornament with 60 LEDs powered by an ATmega microcontroller and a CR1220 coin cell, complete with power optimization, epoxy resin coating, and multiple blinking modes that run for days on a tiny battery.
Essays
The story of the rare Sogdiana-1 personal computer, created in the late 1980s at the Tashkent 'Algorithm' factory -- the only serial computer production facility in Uzbekistan, built on the Soviet clone of the Intel 8080 processor.
Career
A hiring manager with over five years of experience reflects on how the IT job market has deteriorated, with AI-generated resumes, absurd job postings, and bot-driven interviews making recruitment nearly impossible.
Smart Home
A DIY smart home CO₂ monitor built inside a repurposed IKEA alarm clock, using a SenseAir S8 sensor and an automotive stepper motor to drive an analog needle gauge — all running on Tasmota firmware with custom Berry scripts and a hand-soldered PCB.
Essays
Tiny Core Linux is a fully functional Linux distribution that takes up just 23 MB after installation. Built on a modular architecture with Linux kernel 6.12 and BusyBox, it targets embedded devices, thin clients, and enthusiasts who want complete control over their system.
Programming
A reverse engineering investigation into how Apple fixed the infamous iPhone 4 signal bar drop by changing just 20 bytes of threshold values in the CommCenter binary between iOS 4.0 and iOS 4.0.1.
Hardware
A simple blue board from Italy demolished the barriers of academic elitism and created an entire army of engineers. Here's how Arduino democratized robotics.
Management
A detailed first-hand account of a professional social engineering attack targeting the author's elderly mother through a fake Telegram work chat. The attack unfolded in four coordinated acts — from trust-building to credit bombardment — and reveals how modern fraudsters exploit institutional roles rather than demanding victims break rules.
Essays
Russia's Supreme Court ruled that the real estate transaction was lawful, protecting buyer Polina Lurye's rights and overturning all previous court decisions that had sided with singer Larisa Dolina in a high-profile apartment fraud dispute.
Essays
A university instructor recounts building an Android exam grading app through 'vibe coding' with Claude AI, discovering that while AI handles simple tasks well, it produces architecturally flawed code and cannot replace genuine programming understanding.
Hardware
An experimental study of LiFePO4 18650 batteries subjected to hydrostatic pressures up to 14 MPa (equivalent to 1,400 meters depth), revealing that the cells continue to function and even show a statistically significant increase in discharge energy under pressure, with a minor but measurable hysteresis effect.