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My Robot Dodges Obstacles, and I Never Coded It

Block coding usually stops at the simulator. This one drives a real robot around a real book — and the code underneath is MicroPython you can open, read and keep editing by hand.

MicroPython's .mpy Format Explained — and How to Use It With One Right-Click

Smaller files, faster imports, less peak memory at the exact moment your board is most likely to crash — .mpy does all three, and it's one right-click away in Snakie.

They All Gave Up on ROS and MicroPython — I Didn't

No C toolchain, no MicroPython fork, no agent to babysit — a pure-Python ROS 2 client, the wrong firmware build that cost a week, and the fix that's now shipped in Snakie for everyone else.

My First Robot Just Got Five New Senses

Five Arduino sensor modules, a brain Arduino didn't make, and about €55 in parts I already owned — here's how a six-year-old robot chassis just clicked its way to five brand new senses.

XIAO - the Micro Microcontroller

The Seeed Studio XIAO is a tiny microcontroller that packs a punch. In this post, I'll share my experiences and some cool things you can do with it.

What If Building Robots With Code Was Actually Easy?

What would a code editor look like if it was actually designed around building robots, instead of just editing text? I built the answer, and Adafruit noticed too.