SMRTR TechMay 13, 2026lobste.rs

Hosting a website on an 8-bit microcontroller

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A tiny $1 AVR64DD32 microcontroller is hosting a live website by using SLIP, an old dial-up modem protocol, instead of standard Ethernet, which runs too fast for the chip to handle. A custom TCP/IP stack and WireGuard VPN tunnel through a Helsinki server make it publicly accessible.

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