Sylvain Huet presented at Hackaday Europe 2026 on simplifying bare metal programming by reducing dependencies and complexity, advocating for systems simple enough for a single developer to fully understand. He showcased Minimacy, an open-source programming language designed to enable transparent, dependency-free development while maintaining safety and performance.
A hobbyist describes the detailed process of building a vacuum diode tube for Make: Magazine, focusing on the technical challenges of creating a vacuum-tight seal using tungsten wire and borosilicate glass, and assembling the active filament and plate elements.