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i wanted to play pong. ended up building a tiny screaming oled that judges my reflexes. last weekend i got dangerously bored… so i wired a tiny buzzer to the esp32, flashed a 128×64 oled, and wrote a 60-line python script that listens to my keyboard arrows and blasts serial commands to the board in real time. project specs: esp32 + ssd1306 oled one cheap buzzer 60 lines of python on my laptop (just keyboard → serial) zero wifi, zero bluetooth, zero mercy... ball bounces → buzzer goes beep hits the paddle → boop hits the wall → bzzzt (the sad one) every time the ball hits anything, the buzzer screams like it’s personally offended. the sound is so satisfying i kept missing on purpose just to hear it. the entire game runs on the esp32, the laptop is just the controller. zero lag. pure 2005 nostalgia on a screen smaller than a credit card. i lost 3–0 to myself. worth every minute. understood one thing… sometimes the best games aren’t the ones with 4k graphics. sometimes they’re the ones that go beep-boop-bzzzt when you suck. . . . #ESP32 #EmbeddedSystems #IoTProjects #HardwareHacking #ElectronicsProjects #PythonProgramming #SerialCommunication #OLED #Microcontrollers #HandsOnLearning #EngineeringLife #StudentProjects #VAC #ProjectBasedLearning #LearningByDoing #PracticalEngineering #SideProjects #WeekendBuild #BuildInPublic #TechNostalgia #MakersOfTumblr

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It’s 2026 and YouTube Still Can’t Do This... Ever tried to zoom into a YouTube video in full screen… and realized it’s impossible? Pinch zoom? ❌ Trackpad zoom? ❌ Mouse wheel? ❌ That’s the exact problem I got annoyed with, so I built a self-made browser extension that fixes it properly. GitHub Repo - https://github.com/Shreyash-Gangadhare/ZoomTube-Microsoft-Edge-Extension.git What this extension does 👇 Lets you zoom in & zoom out on YouTube videos while in full screen Zero quality loss. Zero pixelation. You don’t need to pause the video, zoom works while it’s playing Smooth, real-time control using inputs you already use Controls supported: 🖱️ Mouse scroll wheel 🖐️ Trackpad / touchpad gestures ⌨️ Ctrl + to zoom in ⌨️ Ctrl - to zoom out ⌨️ Ctrl + 0 to reset zoom to 0% ⌨️ Shift + Arrow Keys to pan around the zoomed screen No hacks. No lowering resolution. No breaking immersion. Just proper zoom control, the way it should’ve existed on desktop from day one. Built this to solve a real UX gap, and once you use it, you’ll never tolerate YouTube’s default behavior again. ❤️ Like if you watch YouTube on desktop daily and do 💬 comment if this solves a pain you’ve had... Also🔁 Share with someone who edits, studies, or analyzes videos. . . . . . . #BrowserExtension #YouTubeTips #WebDevelopment #ProductivityTools #UXDesign #IndieHacker #TechBuild #DeveloperLife

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This gate passes the vibe check... A luxury car rolls in... A luxury mansion waits... No guards. No buttons. No human input whatsoever. Just Arduino doing its thing. This is my self-made Arduino-based automatic toll gate system, built as a First Year | Sem I IoT workshop project, simple in concept, smart in execution. So here’s what’s actually happening 👇 The car and mansion are displayed on phones (yes, partly for aesthetics, partly for realism 😄). An ultrasonic sonar sensor continuously scans for nearby objects. The moment a car is detected within range, the system triggers. A motor-driven gate (represented using a long rolled paper, clean, clever, effective) opens automatically. Everything is controlled via custom Arduino logic, with a dedicated program running on the laptop to coordinate sensing and actuation. No simulations. No slides. Pure hardware + real-time sensing + actual motion. This project is a perfect example of how basic components + clear logic = real-world automation, even at a beginner level. Built it. Tested it. Watched the gate open like magic. ✨ If you’re into IoT, Arduino, or smart infrastructure, this is where it starts. Drop a comment to lmk if you’d automate this differently ❤️ Like if you enjoy smart hardware projects, and also🔁 Share with a first-year engineer who needs project inspiration... BTW...👀 Want the circuit or code? Just say the word and I've got ya...