Private Home Automation Architecture: KNX, Modbus, Node-RED and Sprut.Hub
Standard solutions are convenient — it’s hard to argue with that. Pick KNX for example, and everything works according to a clear established scheme from there: there…
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Expectation: build an AI wallpaper try-on in 2 days. Reality: I had to fine-tune my own model on Stable Diffusion
In the highly competitive finishing materials market, any store desperately needs at least one tangible competitive edge. Standard catalogs and discounts no longer surprise…
AI API key for neural networks: +300 neural networks with one key
API neural networks are already used not only for chatbots: through it, sales, support, analytics, document management, marketing, and even video generation are automated.…
Motion planning for an Ackerman-steered rover
Verifying if the MPPI-Generic GPU planner can work without a global planner. Includes a DIY simulator, an angular velocity-priority controller, comparisons against State…
Connecting AI senses: bash daemon, soldering, and self-awareness on Raspberry Pi
What will happen if we try to give a neural network access to real sensors, actuators, and tell it how to use them? Will it understand? And figure out how to glue its…
How AI Ruins Students' Resumes
AI frequently adds unrealistic skills like SVA to student resumes, causing candidates to struggle during technical interviews.
Why ports became "doors" to the server, and who decided that SSH will be 22
In 1995, Tatu Ylonen wrote a post-length letter on Habr and for free got the ssh -p 22 user@host number, which every sysadmin now knows. But before that, ports were unidirectional,…
How I make a DIY controller for PC: volume, applications, MIDI, OBS
In 2024, I knew nothing about Arduino and Python. But within a week, I assembled a working prototype on a breadboard for music control, using AI and the internet. I didn't…
Google offers a unified 'watermark' for images, videos, and text created by AI
Images, videos, music, and texts produced by artificial intelligence are now becoming much higher quality than at the start of generative model development, and distinguishing…
Messages from Angels and the First Step to Computers: Steganography of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
The ancient Greeks and Romans invented almost everything—from democracy to aqueducts and… steganography, which was discussed in the previous publication.
How I Developed a PoC Constructor for Android Applications
How routine development of PoC applications for Android led to the creation of a proprietary payload constructor from the idea generation to the emergence of DexRunner…
AI nullified benchmark and tried to blackmail engineer. And why it's solvable
Top AI models with 95% on SWE-bench show 0% and 3% on ProgramBench benchmark where tasks are specially not overlapping with the training sample.
Visitor tracking on fisheye cameras: a starred challenge
Hello everyone, NeuroCore team here. Today we'll discuss a case study on developing a video analytics system for self-service stores: why fisheye cameras are a real curse,…
AI will build your action plan in 10 seconds
AI can build a beautiful 7-year growth plan for a startup. But this plan will have nothing to do with reality.
Homemade ARM laptop, is it real?
I've always wanted to build my own laptop. Now, thanks to advances in ARM-based systems, this has become much easier and entirely feasible.
You are already using an agent. You just haven't noticed.
Experts say that in the next few years, everyone will have a personal AI agent. It will write code, help choose a coffee machine, count calories for dinner. It sounds…
CGE: Visualization of a crawler and hidden connections between subdomains
I’d like to share my open-source tool for finding directories and subdomains, also known as a crawler, with you. I’m not claiming it will revolutionize the crawler space…
3 Tbps in plain terms: why DDoS became a threat to any business in 2026
In Q1 2026, Russia faced DDoS attacks exceeding 3 Tbps for the first time. Attacks have become shorter, smarter and more dangerous, and it is no longer possible to defend…
