publish: january 2026 roundup (memfault#621)

### Summary

Publish the first roundup of the year, including some links
from the community.

### Test Plan

- [x] Run through publishing checklist

Author: gminn

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+---
+title: "What we've been reading in January (2026)"
+description:
+  Here are the articles, videos, and tools we've been excited about in January
+  2026.
+author: gminn
+tags: [roundup]
+---
+
+<!-- excerpt start -->
+
+Hope everyone has had a great start to the year. Here are the articles, videos,
+and tools that we've been excited about this January!
+
+<!-- excerpt end -->
+
+What have you been reading? Share in the comments or
+[on the Interrupt Slack](https://interrupt-slack.herokuapp.com/).
+
+## Articles & Learning
+
+- [**Logging RTT data directly to Google Sheets | M0AGX / LB9MG**](https://m0agx.eu/logging-rtt-data-directly-to-google-sheets.html)<br>
+  Neat discussion of a script that reads RTT data from a J-Link TCP socket
+
+- [**Making C Less Dangerous in the Linux Kernel**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY9SbqTO5GQ)<br>
+  Shared by Interrupt community member Joshua Goldstein.
+
+- [**Job Interview Questions for Embedded Systems Developers | Windriver**](https://www.windriver.com/blog/Internal-Job-Interview-Questions-for-Embedded-Systems-Developers)<br>
+  Written and shared by Interrupt community member Esther Schindler.
+
+- [**Coredump #020: The Hidden Architecture of Autonomy: How Skydio Drones Think, See, and Connect**](https://memfault.com/resources/coredump-020-hidden-architecture-of-autonomy-skydio/)<br>
+  ICYMI, listen to #020 of the Coredump Webinar Series! François and Chris sat
+  down with Ross Yeager, VP of Device Platform Software at Skydio. Ross walks
+  through the embedded and software architecture behind Skydio’s platform,
+  including the mix of microcontrollers, SoCs, sensors, and radios onboard each
+  drone.
+
+## Projects & Tools
+
+- [**MicroQuickJS | bellard/mquickjs**](https://github.com/bellard/mquickjs)<br>
+  From Fabrice Bellard (author of QEMU), a new JavaScript runtime for embedded
+  systems – Noah
+
+- [**MemBrowse**](https://membrowse.com/blog/firmware-memory-footprint-tracking)<br>
+  A new cheap hosted solution that keeps track of firmware code size – Tyler
+
+- [**Mousefood | ratatui/mousefood**](https://github.com/ratatui/mousefood)<br>
+  A tool to build embedded terminal UIs for microcontrollers – Tyler
+
+- [**Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon | IEEE Spectrum**](https://spectrum.ieee.org/explore-stratosphere-diy-pico-balloon)<br>
+  High-altitude balloon with a Raspberry Pi Pico – Noah
+
+## News & Announcements
+
+- [**Particle acquired by Digi | Particle Blog**](https://www.particle.io/blog/particle-is-being-acquired-by-digi-to-power-the-next-40-years-of-iot-innovation/)<br>
+  Particle got acquired by Digi (announced last week)
+
+- [**Open Source Summit NA Call for CFPs**](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/program/cfp/#overview)<br>
+  [Open Source Summit (OSS)](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/)
+  is a conference umbrella composed of a collection of events covering the most
+  important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today. This
+  year, OSS North America will be May 18-20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CFPs are
+  open through February 16!
+
+## Upcoming Events
+
+- [**March 10-12, 2026 | Embedded World 2026**](https://www.embedded-world.de/en)<br>
+  The
+  [Embedded World Conference Program](https://events.componeers.net/embedded-world-conference/program)
+  is live! Heading to Embedded World next month? With Memfault being part of
+  Nordic Semiconductor this year, we will be at the
+  [Nordic Semiconductor booth](https://www.nordicsemi.com/Events/2026/Embedded-World-2026).
+  Come by and say hello! We will be at Hall 4A, Booth 310.