| Presents For Programmers 2025 |
| Written by Lucy Black | |||
| Friday, 19 December 2025 | |||
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We're fast approaching Panic Weekend, when those of us who've been trying to forget about the upcoming holidays face up to the reality that the present giving season is happening whether we're ready or not. So if you're still in need of some festive ideas, we've come up with a few that might rescue you. So here is our annual mix of weird and wonderful things you might want to give to the geeks and coders in your life. Alternatively, you can send this link to those of your family who have no idea what they can give you in the hope you avoid yet another USB coffee mug heater. I Programmer gets a very small reward if you place an order using the links in this article, but this has in no way affected our choice. Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane
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Here's a gift we'd definitely be happy to receive - a kit and smartphone app that lets you fly paper, foam, and even Balsa Wood airplane models. It is supplied with a model built from tough carbon fiber. The onboard computer automatically calibrates your airplane for imperfect weather with a built-in launch assist and wind stabilizer. Now hobbyists, tinkerers, or students can become the flight controller!
Minecraft Annual 2026
Click in image for Amazon details The official Minecraft Annual of 2026, full of updates, step-by-step-builds, tips and tricks for the game, and activities. Highlights of this year's annual are a biome personality quiz, fun activities and tips on surviving a trial chamber, where to find all the wolf variants and how to loot an ancient city. There's also a mob board game and builds and survival challenges for you to complete in-game. Robotics Engineering Kit
Click in image for Amazon details Spark curiosity with this STEM robotics kit, perfect for kids aged 8-12. Featuring 50+ parts, it lets young inventors explore electrical engineering and robotics through hands-on projects. This engineering kit encourages problem-solving and critical thinking while providing fun and educational play. Ideal for parents seeking learning & education toys that inspire creativity and a love for STEM kits. Heated Desk Pad
Click in image for Amazon details Here's is an ideal solution for the coders who surface after several hours with frozen fingers due to either the office heating being too low, or the air conditioning being turned up too high. The pad has multiple heat levels so you can pick your most comfortable setting. While it can be used on the desk as a mouse pad it can also be used as a foot warmer! The pad will also prompt you to take regular breaks - after using it for an hour, an indicator light will flash 5 times as a reminder.
Levitating magnetic displayHow does your keen coder display their miniature Millennium Falcon, or possibly their coder bear? Levitating magnetic displays work by balancing magnetic repulsion with active electronic control. Sensors detect the floating object's position and electromagnets maintain it so the figure "floats" and rotates.
Click in image for Amazon details Sleeper Code: A novelThis novel is about a self-learning piece of code called Phantom that has been planted inside the nation’s critical infrastructure, it lies dormant, invisible, and patient, until the day it is called to life. The plot follows the attempts of Max Shaw, described as "a brilliant but battle-worn cybersecurity leader at the National Infrastructure Protection Agency who has spent years defending systems most people never see", to track down and fight the infection before closes down all the infrastructure networks.
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If you know someone who's spending too long either on that important coding task, or getting to their target in their favorite game, a monitor light bar might save them from eye problems. Light bars balance the screen brightness with desk lighting, and don't take up space on the desk, providing glare-free, targeted light on your keyboard and desk without reflecting on the screen. There are loads of models, this one comes with a remote control that integrates multifunction control, and can be used with curved and irregular monitors.
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| Last Updated ( Friday, 19 December 2025 ) |
