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looks like even the apple logo in the appstore button is vibecoded.
Re:Apple's hostile App Store rating system on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @06:39PM (#49104013)
This might be bit unfair.

App developers, can signal the OS when they believe is the right time to ask for a review, but it is the OS that decides to show the prompt. The app developer has no idea about your OS preferences and I don't think they deserve a 1 star review just because the OS failed to honor your stated preference.

Yes, this was it, looks like it is gone now. According to the CM3 datasheet [0] "Radxa CM3 will remain in production until at least Sep 2029", so there should be inventory hopefully.

[0]: https://dl.radxa.com/cm3/docs/radxa_cm3_datasheet.pdf

I buy them on AliExpress.
Just to be clear, I made a working prototype (and put a hyperbole in the title), I have a lot to learn still.

You can learn something practical like "embedded DisplayPort should be impedance controlled to 100 Ohms" without fully understanding the physics behind it.

AI can be very convincing. It told me to put the ESD protection as close the Ethernet connector as possible, so I put it between the port and the magnetics. This worked, but resulted in around 1% packet loss. When I moved it after the magnetics, I got 0% packet loss. This cost me a full revision, but I'd say this is the price to pay for not learning everything by the book.

I am not using pipewire, just ALSA. AirPlay is (almost) always 44,100 Hz so there is not much to auto-switch to.
Mostly YouTube and udemy courses. This one was pretty good in particular: https://www.udemy.com/course/high-speed-pcb-design-with-kica...

I've spend around a month on the PCB as a hobby, next to a full time job.

Easier than it sounds: the app runs a simple http server that serves cover art by track id. The track id is transferred via iOS's built in "Now Playing" metadata fields, which is then used by the device to construct a query and fetch the full resolution image.
Hey HN,

I've finally finished my dream music streamer featuring a vinyl-sleeve-sized square display, a custom carrier PCB for a compute module and a 3D printed case, running a custom-compiled kernel, Alpine mini rootfs and a small C app driving the display.

I did not think that this was doable by a hobbyist at all, let alone using free/open source software only (KiCAD, FreeCAD, VSCode). Turns out I was wrong!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) on Monday July 13, 2026 @04:04AM (#48889354)
My passion project is an LP-sleeve-sized music streamer built around an ARM compute module, a custom PCB carrier board and an industrial 17" square display.

https://pentaton.app/blog/2026-07-12-introducing-pentaton-lp...

Show HN: Pentaton LP – a music streamer with an LP sleeve sized display

https://pentaton.app/blog/2026-07-12-introducing-pentaton-lp/

Hey HN! I always liked to see and touch the cover artwork of the CDs and LPs I bought in the past, but in the end the convenience of digital streaming won me over and I accepted no (or stamp-sized) artwork. Lately I’ve been missing this more and more and ultimately decided to try to do something about it. So I built a streamer from the ground up.Happy to answer any questions, this is my first...

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