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Search engine results are truly terrible
https://maurycyz.com/misc/search/
Published: May 15, 2026 00:00
A few months ago, I had the displeasure of trying to use the modern web without an ad-blocker. Even though it's is ubiquitous among computer nerds, ad blocking is quite rare even in other technical fields. This got me wondering how search engines perform…
Building a clock from salvaged Vacuum Fluorescent Displays
https://maurycyz.com/projects/tubeclock/
Published: May 14, 2026 00:00
When was disassembling an old calculator (as you do) I found these cool VFD tubes: Normally, a whole display is built into a single flat package, which doesn't look particularly interesting. These ones have the individual digits inside a standard…
Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller.
https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcusite/
Published: May 11, 2026 00:00
In today's episode of "dumb things to do with an AVR microcontroller": Does your server come with real wood? MCU website demo (may go down if this gets posted to HN) My victim is the AVR64DD32 which is quite similar to the Atmega328 of Arduino…
5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcufont/
Published: April 18, 2026 00:00
Font data (C header) All characters fit within a 5 pixel square, and are safe to draw on a 6x6 grid. The design is based off of lcamtuf's 5x6 font-inline.h, which is itself inspired by the ZX Spectrum's 8x8 font. 5x5 is the smallest size that doesn't…
Taking down my site on purpose:
https://maurycyz.com/misc/v6day/
Published: April 17, 2026 00:00
Skip the history If you have multiple computers, you'll quickly run into the problem of having data on one but needing it on the other. Because of this, people have been connecting them together since the beginning. However, this created a classic…