--- title: Best Hackaday posts — May 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Hackaday posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday/best-of/2026/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday/best-of/2026/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Hackaday posts — May 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Hackaday posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Hackaday — May 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/running-your-own-3g-network-fpzivfniw "Running Your Own 3G Network") Article Hackaday · 17w Running Your Own 3G Network 1xBTS is a new open-source Rust implementation of the lower three layers of a CDMA2000 (3G) cellular network stack. It supports SDR hardware including USRP B200/B210, LimeSDR Mini 2, and BladeRF Micro 2.0 via SoapySDR. The stack covers BTS, BSC, and MSC layers, supports voice calls via SIP, SMS, and data transfers, and includes a web dashboard with packet tracing. Authentication requires registering handsets in a home location register. Legal caution is advised as cellular band transmissions are heavily regulated. 311 6 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/your-browser-probably-lies-to-the-big-sites-blame-chrome--q7aefturi "Your Browser Probably Lies To The Big Sites (Blame Chrome)") Article Hackaday · 16w Your Browser Probably Lies To The Big Sites (Blame Chrome) Firefox and Safari sometimes lie about their identity or change rendering behavior when visiting major websites. This happens because Chrome's market dominance leads developers to build sites around Chrome-specific features or quirks, forcing other browsers to implement compatibility fixes to avoid breaking user experience. Firefox exposes these fixes at about:compat, while Safari stores them in a quirks file. The broader issue is that browser engine consolidation means one company effectively controls web standards by default. 17 2 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-c-3po-you-can-really-talk-to-4fkravohz "Building A C-3PO You Can Really Talk To") Article Hackaday · 18w Building A C-3PO You Can Really Talk To A maker built a talking C-3PO head using a Raspberry Pi 5, combining real-time speech-to-text, a large language model with a C-3PO persona layer, and text-to-speech synthesis to create an interactive replica of the iconic Star Wars droid. Build materials are available on GitHub and Google Drive. 13 2 [See all Hackaday archives](/sources/hackaday/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday/best-of/2026/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday/best-of/2026/05","name":"Best Hackaday Posts — May 2026","description":"The most upvoted Hackaday posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday/best-of/2026/05#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/running-your-own-3g-network-fpzivfniw","name":"Running Your Own 3G Network"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-browser-probably-lies-to-the-big-sites-blame-chrome--q7aefturi","name":"Your Browser Probably Lies To The Big Sites (Blame Chrome)"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-c-3po-you-can-really-talk-to-4fkravohz","name":"Building A C-3PO You Can Really Talk To"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2026"}]}]} ```