These are the projects I recommend building instead of just buying something off the shelf.

I built a whole-home ad blocker with a $7 ESP32-S3 board - and it took just minutes ...

These days, a lot of embedded projects feature some sort of screen, and a screen often creates a desire for a nice user interface. [Geoffrey Wells] has created a tool for developing web interfaces ...

Can an ESP32 detect people without cameras or motion sensors? Discover how Wi-Fi signal disturbances, CSI, and smart DSP enable real-time occupancy and mov ...

X now hosts its own MCP server, letting AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and Grok connect to the platform's API without developers building the integration.

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

What's the difference between Tomcat and Apache? It's a question developers hear frequently. But, when worded that way, it contains some misleading assumptions. Normally, when people ask this question ...

(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Judge Approves $18 Million Settlement for Activision Blizzard Sexual Harassment Accusers After Activision Blizzard was ...

Lauren (Hansen) Holznienkemper is a lead editor for the small business vertical at Forbes Advisor, specializing in HR, payroll and recruiting solutions for small businesses. Using research and writing ...

My PCMag career began in 2013 as an intern. Now, I'm a senior writer, using the skills I acquired at Northwestern University to write about dating apps, meal kits, programming software, website ...

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