Really pretty, easy to use

This filament looks absolutely stunning. I've printed keyboard cases, mac mini stand, mouse stand, and much more with this filament. It was absolutely perfect right out of the box on my Prusa Mini with settings available right in Prusa Slicer and there's really not much …

TLDR: Buy a prusa printer right now.

With that out of the way, let me say that this printer has been the best introduction into 3D printing that I could have asked for. The only experience that I had previously was at least 6 years ago, and it wasn't my …

What is a firmware?

3D printers are computers, just like most other things these days. They have to have some sort of logic to tell them what to do. This is where firmware comes in. The most common firmwares these days are

• Marlin
• Klipper
• RepRap

Most of the factory produced …

Why you absolutely want to try this.

Octoprint is a simple concept. It's a web server that gives you control of your printer. This could be useful if you don't have a screen, but it can do a lot more than just print a gcode file. I'll touch on a …

How good can it be for $400?

Short answer: Amazing. Buy one right now, then come back to read what you just got for your money.

The longer answer is probably why you are here, so I guess I should stop stalling. I've played with other's printers on and off …

Zerotier Primer

To understand this, you'll first need to understand the very basics of how ipv4 networks work. I'll only gloss over things here, but you won't need to know a lot in order to actually use zerotier. It's mearly explaining what you should understand in order to know how …

Why is everyone excited?

Docker is, simply put, a container. How is this at all exciting? Think about any time you set up a system, and how long you spend setting it up. No matter if it's a web server, a build environment or any other system service. Do you …

What is a filesystem?

All computers need to give you access to files. This seems quite obvious at first, but how those files get stored, most people don't seem to think about. Files need to be stored on a disk (or a network, but lets focus about on disk), and …

Why does distro even matter

Linux is insane vague in what it is, and just a pile of source code for the most part. It's up to people to put the pieces together, and choose what's included or not. There is no perfection in life for all use cases, or …

How this page gets to you

TLDR: VPS --> zerotier --> docker swarm --> docker container

The long answer

Nginx

Opening ports is generally a security risk, so I wanted to be able to self host, without opening ports where possible. With a cheap VPS running nginx, I'm able to reverse proxy back …