• Mozilla’s open-source Shumway project (https://github.com/mozilla/shumway) was showcased as a pure-JavaScript SWF parser/runtime that lets developers debug legacy Flash content entirely in the browser using ArrayBuffer and FileReader APIs.

• A custom JavaScript de-obfuscator was demonstrated that rewrites minified code with intentionally humorous variable names (“fuck”, “sexy”, “insane”) to make obfuscated production scripts from services like AdMob and Gmail easier to audit and understand.

• Participants critiqued the $3–5 k “DeckFoundry” pitch-deck polishing service (http://deckfoundry.com) and warned that rolling seed rounds and convertible notes can structurally disadvantage founders, while also circulating Wikipedia primers on private-equity and venture-capital mechanics.

• DIY-bio visibility was boosted by the TED blog post “DIY Biohack Fellows Friday with Oliver Medvedik” (http://blog.ted.com/2012/09/14/diy-biohack-fellows-friday-with-oliver-medvedik/), alongside observations that a Facebook meme page now out-engages the canonical OpenWetWare community.

• Animated-GIF sockets (https://github.com/videlalvaro/gifsockets) were introduced as a novel, canvas-free real-time streaming hack, and a scraped list of free Android apps (http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/irc/android/android-apps-free-2012-09-03.txt) was shared for open-source mobile experimentation.

• Production DevOps guidance emphasized avoiding raw Rails in production, instead recommending Apache + Phusion Passenger, separating the database server, and migrating from dedicated hardware to EC2/Heroku to reduce failover complexity and quantify downtime cost.

• A simple, user-friendly explanation of Turing completeness was provided, clarifying that any language capable of simulating a Universal Turing Machine can describe arbitrary programs, underscoring the theoretical foundations of modern computing.