Best Hackaday Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 297: Prusa Eschews Open Source Hardware, The Lemontron Prints Upside-Down, and the vecdec Cyberdeck Does Minority Report 43:20

23m ago43:20

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This week on the Podcast, Hackaday's Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week. First up in the news: Elliot was at Electronica and spotted a wild Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. And just as excitingly, FreeCAD has finally reached version 1…

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Episode 810: A Rising Wallet Pays for All Boats 1:12:52

1h ago1:12:52

1:12:52

This week Jonathan, Randal, and Aaron chat about Linux, the challenges with using system modules like the Raspberry Pi, challenges with funding development, and more! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, …

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Ep 296: Supercon Wrapup with Tom and Al, The 3DP Brick Layering Controversy, and How To Weld in Space 1:10:03

11h ago1:10:03

1:10:03

In this episode you'll get to hear not one, not two, but three Hackaday Editors! Now that the dust has mostly settled from the 2024 Hackaday Supercon, Al Williams joins Elliot and Tom to compare notes and pick out a few highlights from the event. But before that, the week's discussion will cover the questionable patents holding back a promising fea…

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Episode 809: Pi4J - Stable and Boring on the Raspberry Pi 1:16:26

19h ago1:16:26

1:16:26

This week Jonathan and David chat with Frank Delporte about Pi4J, the friendly Java libraries for the Raspberry Pi, that expose GPIO, SPI, I2C and other IO interfaces. - https://www.pi4j.com/ You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show …

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Ep 295: Circuit Graver, Zinc Creep, and Video Tubes 55:00

6d ago55:00

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With Superconference 2024 in the books, Dan joined Elliot, fresh off his flight back from Pasadena, to look through the week (or two) in hacks. It was a pretty good crop, too, despite all the distractions and diversions. We checked out the cutest little quadruped, a wireless antenna for wireless communications, a price-tag stand-in for paper calend…

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Episode 808: Curl - Gotta Download 'em All 1:14:36

8d ago1:14:36

1:14:36

This week Jonathan and Randal chat with Daniel Stenberg about curl! How many curl installs are there?! What's the deal with CVEs? How has curl managed to not break its ABI for 18 years straight? And how did Daniel turn all this into a career instead of just a hobby? Listen to find out! https://daniel.haxx.se/ You can join the conversation in the Ha…

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Episode 807: Bitten By the Penguin 1:05:07

15d ago1:05:07

1:05:07

This week Jonathan and Dan chat with Josh Bressers, VP of Security at Anchore, and host of the Open Source Security and Hacker History podcasts. We talk security, SBOMs, and how Josh almost became a Sun fan instead of a Linux geek. https://opensourcesecurity.io/ https://hackerhistory.com/ https://infosec.exchange/@joshbressers https://anchore.com/ …

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Ep 294: SAO Badge Reveal, Precision on a Shoestring, and the Saga of Redbox 1:08:06

20d ago1:08:06

1:08:06

With the 2024 Hackaday Supercon looming large on the horizon, Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this episode off by talking about this year's badge and its focus on modular add-ons. From there they'll go over the results of a particularly challenging installment of What's that Sound?, discuss a promising DIY lathe that utilizes 3D printed…

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Episode 806: Manyfold -- The Dopamine of Open Source 1:14:07

28d ago1:14:07

1:14:07

This week Jonathan and David chat with James Smith about Manyfold, the self-hosted 3d print digital asset manager that's on the Fediverse! https://floppy.org.uk/ https://manyfold.app https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as ge…

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Ep 293: The Power of POKE, Folding Butterflies, and the CRT Effect 47:20

1M ago47:20

47:20

This week on the Podcast, Hackaday's Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week. First up in the news: we've extended the 2024 Supercon Add-On contest by a week! That's right, whether you were held up by Chinese fall holidays or not, here's…

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Episode 805: Mastodon -- Bring Your Own Algorithm 1:17:02

1M ago1:17:02

1:17:02

This week Jonathan and Jeff chat with Andy Piper about Mastodon! There's a new release of Mastodon, and plenty on the road map to keep everybody excited! https://joinmastodon.org/ https://shop.joinmastodon.org/products/mastodon-plushie You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube,…

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Ep 292: Stainless Steel Benchies, Lego Turing Machines, and a Digital Camera Made of Pure DIY 1:04:28

1M ago1:04:28

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Here we are in October, improbably enough, and while the leaves start to fall as the goblins begin to gather, Elliot and Dan took a break from the madness to talk about all the wonderful hacks that graced our pages this week. If there was a theme this week, it was long-term projects, like the multiple years one hacker spent going down dead ends in …

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Episode 804: The AI Alliance -- Asimov was Right 1:07:07

1M ago1:07:07

1:07:07

This week Jonathan and Dan chat with Anthony Annunziata about Open Source AI and the AI Alliance. We get answers to our burning AI questions, and talk about the difficulty of defining what Open Source means for these large models. - https://ogg.camp You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the sh…

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Ep 291: Walking in Space, Lead in the Earth, and Atoms under the DIY MIcroscope 1:02:45

1M ago1:02:45

1:02:45

What have you missed on Hackaday this week? Elliot Williams and Al Williams compare notes on their favorites from the week, and you are invited. The guys may have said too much about the Supercon badge this year -- listen in for a few hints about what it will be about. For hacks, you'll hear about scanning tunneling microscopes, power management fo…

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Episode 803: Unconferencing With OggCamp 1:00:48

1M ago1:00:48

1:00:48

This week Jonathan and Simon chat with Gary Williams about OggCamp! It's the Free Software and Free culture unconference happening soon in Manchester! - https://ogg.camp You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. O…

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Ep 290: iPhone's Electric Glue, Winamp's Source Code, and Sonya's Beautiful Instructions 1:12:36

2M ago1:12:36

1:12:36

This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by acknowledging an incredible milestone: 20 years of Hackaday! Well, probably. When a website gets to be this old, it's a little hard to nail down when exactly things kicked off, but it seems like September of 2004 is about right. They'll also go over the latest updates for…

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Episode 802: Emba -- Layers Upon Layers of Bash 1:10:38

2M ago1:10:38

1:10:38

This week Jonathan and Randal chat with Michael and Benedikt about Emba, the firmware analysis tool that packs in a bunch of features and tools. It's got virtualization tricks, binary version detection and even more! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting…

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Ep 289: Tiny Games, Two Modern Modems, and the Next Big Thing 39:48

2M ago39:48

39:48

This week on the Podcast, Hackaday's Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week. First up in the news: we've announced the 2024 Tiny Games Contest winners! We asked you to show us your best tiny game, whether that means tiny hardware, tiny …

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Episode 801: JBang -- Not Your Parents Java Anymore 1:10:23

2M ago1:10:23

1:10:23

This week Jonathan and Jeff chat with Max Rydahl Andersen about JBang, the cross-platform tool to run Java as a system scripting language. That's a bit harder than it sound, particularly to take advantage of Java's rich debugging capabilities and the ecosystem of libraries that are available. Tune in to get the details, as well as how polyglot file…

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Ep 288: Cyanotypes, Antique 21-Segment Displays, and the Voynich Manuscript in a New Light 1:15:56

2M ago1:15:56

1:15:56

It's Friday the 13th, and despite having to dodge black cats and poorly located ladders, Elliot and Dan were able to get together and run down the best hacks of the first week of September. Our luck was pretty good, too, seeing how we stumbled upon a coffee table that walks your drink over to you on Strandbeest legs, a potato that takes passable ph…

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Episode 800: Champagning the Ladybird Browser 1:13:44

2M ago1:13:44

1:13:44

This week Jonathan and Aaron chat with Andreas Kling about the Ladybird, the new browser in development from the ground up. It was started as part of SerenityOS, and has since taken on a life of its own. How much of the web works on it? How many people are working on the project? And where's the download button? Listen to find out! - https://ladybi…

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Ep 287: Raspberry Pi Woes, Blacker than Black, and Printing with Klipper 1:05:14

2M ago1:05:14

1:05:14

Elliot Williams is back from vacation, and he and Al Williams got together to talk about the best Hackaday posts from the last week. Of course, the Raspberry Pi RP2350 problem generated a bit of discussion. On a lighter note, they saw laser lawn care, rooting WiFi devices, and some very black material made from wood. Need more current-sinking capab…

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Episode 799: Still Open Source at Percona 54:39

2M ago54:39

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This week Jonathan chats with Lori Lorusso and Steve Hoffman, the Head of Community and SVP of engineering at Percona, the open source database experts. - https://www.percona.com/ You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from H…

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Ep 286: Showing off SAOs, Hiding from HOAs, and Beautiful Byproducts 1:25:54

3M ago1:25:54

1:25:54

Even when the boss is away, the show must go on, so Dan slid back behind the guest mic and teamed up with Tom to hunt down the freshest of this week's hacks. It was a bit of a chore, with a couple of computer crashes and some side-quests down a few weird rabbit holes, but we managed to get things together in the end. Tune in and you'll hear us bemo…

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Episode 798: Building the Rust Desktop with COSMIC 1:05:11

3M ago1:05:11

1:05:11

This week Jonathan and Rob chat with Carl Richell of System 76, about the COSMIC desktop, what's new at System76, and more! https://system76.com/cosmic You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the …

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Ep 285: Learning Laser Tricks, Rocket Science, and a Laptop That's Not a Laptop 53:15

3M ago53:15

53:15

This week on the Podcast, we have something a little different for you. Elliot is on vacation, so Tom was in charge of running the show and he had Kristina in the hot seat. First up in the news: the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge is still underway and has drawn an impressive 44 entries as of this writing. You have until 9AM PDT on September 10th to show…

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Episode 797: Coreutils -- Don't rm -r Up the Tree 1:11:16

3M ago1:11:16

1:11:16

This week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch chat with Pádraig Brady about Coreutils! It's been around since the 90s, and is still a healthy project under active development. And you've used these tools whether you realize it or not! - https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the vi…

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Ep 284: Laser Fault Injection, Console Hacks, and Too Much Audio 59:21

3M ago59:21

59:21

The summer doldrums are here, but that doesn't mean that Elliot and Dan couldn't sift through the week's hack and find the real gems. It was an audio-rich week, with a nifty microsynth, music bounced off the moon, and everything you always wanted to know about Raspberry Pi audio but were afraid to ask. We looked into the mysteries of waveguides and…

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Episode 796: Homebrew, I'm More of a Whopper Guy 1:15:58

3M ago1:15:58

1:15:58

This week Jonathan Bennett and David Ruggles chat with John Britton and Mike McQuaid about Homebrew, the missing package manager for macOS, and Workbrew, the commercial offering built on top of it. We cover lots of territory, like why the naming scheme sounds like it was conceived during a pub visit, how Workbrew helps businesses actually use Homeb…

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Ep 283: Blinding Lasers, LEDs, and ETs 1:02:04

3M ago1:02:04

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Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams reflect on the fact that, as humans, we have--at most--two eyes and no warp drives. While hacking might not be the world's most dangerous hobby, you do get to work with dangerous voltages, temperatures, and frickin' lasers. Light features prominently, as the guys talk about LED data interfaces, and d…

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Episode 795: Liferay, Now We're Thinking With Portals 1:09:54

3M ago1:09:54

1:09:54

This week Jonathan Bennett and Doc Searls chat with Olaf Kock and Dave Nebinger about Liferay! That's a Java project that started as an implementation of a web portal, and has turned into a very flexible platform for any sort of web application. How has this Open Source project turned into a very successful business? And how is it connected to most…

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Ep 282: Saildrones, a New Classic Laptop, and SNES Cartridges are More Than You Think 1:10:47

4M ago1:10:47

1:10:47

In this episode, the CrowdStrike fiasco has Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi pondering the fragility of our modern infrastructure. From there the discussion moves on to robotic sailboats, the evolving state of bespoke computers, and the unique capabilities of the Super Nintendo cartridge. You'll also hear about cleaning paintings with…

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Episode 794: Release Them All with JReleaser 58:43

4M ago58:43

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This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman chat with Andres Almiray about JReleaser, the Java release automation tool that's for more than just Java, and more than just releases. What was the original inspiration for the tool? And how does JReleaser help avoid a string of commits trying to fix Github Actions? Listen to find out! You can join…

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Ep 281: Metal Clay, Desiccants, Silica Gel, and Keeping Filament Dry 38:46

4M ago38:46

38:46

This week on the Podcast, it's Kristina's turn to bloviate alongside Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams. First up in the news: our fresh new contest has drawn three entries already! That's right, the 2024 Tiny Games Challenge is underway. You have until September 10th to show us your best tiny game, whether that means tiny hardware, tiny code, or a ti…

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