Dumping Lego NXT firmware off of an existing brick (2025)(arcanenibble.github.io)

232 points by theblazehen 7 months ago | 13 comments

The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader(blog.omgmog.net)

292 points by felixdoerp 4 months ago | 176 comments

LegoGPT: Generating Physically Stable and Buildable Lego(avalovelace1.github.io)

530 points by nkko 1 year ago | 135 comments

Project page for LegoGPT, a Carnegie Mellon research model that generates physically stable, buildable LEGO structures from text prompts, with paper, code, and demo links.

Using self-hosted Umami for iOS app analytics(hjerpbakk.com)

51 points by Sankra 3 months ago | 7 comments

Designing a Lego orrery(marian42.de)

576 points by _Microft 2 years ago | 60 comments

A blog post by Marian describing the design of a Lego Technic orrery modeling the Sun, Earth, and Moon with gear mechanisms.

Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software (2019)(geoffreylitt.com)

552 points by mufty 2 years ago | 275 comments

A 2019 blog post by Geoffrey Litt arguing that browser extensions are underrated as a way for users to customize and modify the software they use.

Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)(thewave.engineer)

337 points by scrlk 7 months ago | 288 comments

An article on The Wave engineering site about LEGO's 0.002mm manufacturing tolerance specification and what it means for manufacturing practices.

Practical UX for startups surviving without a designer(tibinotes.com)

387 points by tb8424 1 year ago | 156 comments

A Substack essay by Tibi Iorga on how startups can work out their user experience without a dedicated designer, time, or budget.

A third way of using Linux(hisvirusness.com)

24 points by speckx 20 days ago | 35 comments

Blog post arguing that text user interfaces (TUIs) are an underappreciated third way of using Linux, between the command line and graphical desktops.

What to Know About JavaScript in 2026(blog.master.dev)

17 points by eustoria 1 month ago | 2 comments

A blog post outlining what developers should know about the JavaScript language and ecosystem in 2026.

Purposeful animations(emilkowal.ski)

505 points by jakelazaroff 1 year ago | 127 comments

Essay by design engineer Emil Kowalski on when and how to use UI animations purposefully so they improve rather than harm the user experience.

Every type of plastic used by LEGO (2022)(bricknerd.com)

348 points by nkurz 3 years ago | 106 comments

BrickNerd guest article by Ryan Howerter cataloguing every type of plastic material LEGO has used in its bricks and elements.