Creative Hobbies & Making

Game designer Ron Gilbert has officially started production on Thimbleweed Park 2, promising a new chapter for fans of the original adventure game.

Keychron introduces its first open-source firmware for gaming mice, enabling customization and community development, marking a new step in hardware openness.

XY is a new fast, composable, GPU-accelerated plotting library introduced on Show HN, promising enhanced performance for interactive visualizations.

Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to launch solely on Game Boy, marks a new era for retro hardware and web development integration.

SenseTime has open-sourced its SenseNova-Vision, a unified vision AI model, marking a strategic shift towards developer ecosystem growth and open Chinese AI models.

A developer has created a functional software renderer using only 500 lines of bare C++, demonstrating efficiency and simplicity in graphics programming.

Jelly UI launches a new library enabling soft-body physics effects for native HTML form controls, enhancing UI interactivity with realistic animations.

New developments confirm ECC support for DDR5 RAM, impacting server and high-performance computing markets. Details on compatibility and implications are emerging.

Celebrating 50 years since the release of the Zilog Z80, a pivotal microprocessor in computing history, with reflections on its impact and legacy.

Weathergotchi is an innovative E-Paper device designed to log climate data visually. The project aims to enhance personal environmental awareness.