Many of us are guilty of toeing the line between having a ready supply of components at hand and simply hoarding for fear of throwing anything out. In a first …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/04/tracking-parts-box-usage-with-stickers/)

Cleaning an IBM 5150, And The Perfect Period PCB Soldermask
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/cleaning-an-ibm-5150-and-the-perfect-period-pcb-soldermask/

Now that early PCs have moved firmly from the realm of e-waste into being collector’s items, it’s worth putting in some effort to restore them if you find one. [Epictronics] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/cleaning-an-ibm-5150-and-the-perfect-period-pcb-soldermask/)

Turning a Bluetooth Caliper into a FreeCAD Input Device
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/turning-a-bluetooth-caliper-into-a-freecad-input-device/

It’s a common ritual: whipping out those calipers or similar measuring devices to measure part of a physical object that we’re trying to transfer into a digital model in an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/turning-a-bluetooth-caliper-into-a-freecad-input-device/)

Re-Learning How to Run
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/re-learning-how-to-run/

As I write this, four astronauts are on their way around the moon for the first time in 50 years. A lot us have asked ourselves just exactly why you’d …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/re-learning-how-to-run/)

Despite Penalties, Lawyers Can’t Stop Using AI
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/despite-penalties-lawyers-cant-stop-using-ai/

Despite a few high-profile cases in recent years with lawyers getting caught using LLM-generated documents and facing disciplinary action due to this, it would seem that this is not deterring …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/despite-penalties-lawyers-cant-stop-using-ai/)

Tiny Moves, Big Depth: An Open-Source Macro Focus Slider
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/tiny-moves-big-depth-an-open-source-macro-focus-slider/

When taking macro photographs, you often need just a tiny bit of controlled motion — so little that it’s tough to pull off by hand. To address this, [Salveo] designed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/tiny-moves-big-depth-an-open-source-macro-focus-slider/)

Building a Vise Stand with Pen-Like Retracting Wheels
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/building-a-vise-stand-with-pen-like-retracting-wheels/

Old shop tools have a reputation for resilience and sturdiness, and though some of this is due to survivorship bias, some of it certainly comes down to an abundance of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/building-a-vise-stand-with-pen-like-retracting-wheels/)

Making the Case Against Markdown
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/making-the-case-against-markdown/