Adam Skye Jones

From linkDiode is pitched as a browser-based hardware playground where you assemble circuits and embedded projects from breadboards, logic gates, sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers. The landing page highlights starter kits (heartbeat LEDs, photoresistors, 8-bit displays) alongside a broader component catalog intended for building, coding, and simulating electronics.

From commentsHN commenters asked how deep the simulation model goes and whether microcontroller code actually runs in the browser, with comparisons to tools like Tinkercad and Falstad. Others probed pricing and roadmap details, while educators flagged it as promising for classroom labs if the physics and timing models hold up.

From linkMozilla introduces setHTML() as a safer alternative to innerHTML by requiring an explicit Sanitizer configuration that defines allowed tags and attributes. The post frames it as part of the Trusted Types story to reduce accidental XSS when injecting HTML strings into the DOM.

From commentsHN discussion focused on whether sanitizer allow-lists can stay current and how the API stacks up against battle-tested libraries like DOMPurify. Commenters debated browser support timelines and worried about developers falling back to innerHTML on older stacks, while others welcomed a first-party security primitive.

From linkMIT’s Missing Semester site collects practical engineering lessons often skipped in CS courses: shell tools, scripting, version control, data wrangling, debugging, profiling, and security. It packages lecture notes, exercises, and videos for self-study or running the class locally.

From commentsHN commenters swapped favorite lectures and noted the 2026 refresh with new material, recommending the course to students and career switchers alike. Others compared it to typical CS curricula and suggested pacing tips for working through the exercises without burning out.

From linkThe author documents their first month running coreboot, covering installation steps, firmware choices, and daily usability notes. The write-up walks through tooling, hardware quirks, and the tradeoffs that surfaced once the laptop was used full time.

From commentsHN responses compared hardware compatibility stories, debated MrChromebox firmware versus stock coreboot builds, and raised battery/thermal quirks like PROCHOT behavior. Others shared their own success and failure stories, emphasizing the time cost required to keep a coreboot setup stable.

From linkX86 CSS is a playful compiler that maps a tiny x86-like instruction set into pure CSS, using selectors and variables to emulate memory and control flow. The project describes the constraints, the virtual machine model, and how a browser can “execute” the resulting stylesheet.

From commentsHN commenters were delighted by the ingenuity and debated what “Turing complete CSS” means in practice. Discussion centered on performance limits, browser quirks, and the educational value of using the cascade to model CPU-like behavior.

From linkThe essay argues that technology progress often rests on uncelebrated contributors: standards authors, maintainers, infrastructure builders, and researchers whose names don’t trend. It traces examples across software and networking to emphasize the cumulative, behind-the-scenes work that enables flashy products.

From commentsHN replies added shout-outs to maintainers, sysadmins, and documentation writers, while debating what counts as “unsung” in open source. Several commenters advocated for better funding and recognition models to keep foundational work sustainable.