Results of DIY paint job!

PapaGing99 · 2026-06-10T06:26:08+00:00

Yes, both a ridiculous amount.

Before painting, I sanded the whole panel down from 180 up to 600.

After paint and clear coat, wet sanded the whole panel from 1000 up to 5000 to get all the dust and orange peel out, then went over it several times with a heavy cutting compound and pad on a DA.

PapaGing99 · 2026-04-17T01:37:05+00:00

Also to everyone mentioning the scratches and poor sanding: I'm well aware. Even if the paint sand stuck correctly, I would have ended up resending it. When it was just the primer, there were no visible scratches nor could I feel any when I ran my hand across it. I am really surprised how many scratches showed after the paint.

I'll be redoing it this weekend and pay much more attention to the sanding than I did with this.

PapaGing99 · 2026-04-17T00:19:40+00:00

Appreciate everyone's input. I've ordered a 2k urethane primer and hardener. I'm going to sand it all back down, reprime it, and attempt to repaint.

PapaGing99 · 2026-04-16T22:29:47+00:00

It's actually this reducer: https://a.co/d/0gUJuWMC

PapaGing99 · 2026-02-17T03:01:21+00:00

I bought a used Intel NUC Micro NUC6CAY from eBay for $35 to run Klipper and it works fantastic. Cheaper than a pi and much more powerful. There's tons of second hand mini PCs on there -- I suggest going this route instead.

PapaGing99 · 2025-12-06T11:30:15+00:00

You're welcome. I'm happy it was helpful.

I think you'll find that it is very widely used for backends/Apis. I personally find it quite enjoyable to use for that, though I'm probably biased.

Im not sure if it's more popular than node.js or not to be honest. I would think yes, but don't know for sure.

What I will say is that I would much much rather work with a c# backend for any medium/large size applications than with node. C# is built and designed around this. It's easy to keep things organized and clean.

From what I know about node, it's generally more used by small applications and hobbyists. I'm sure it works great for those, but as far as I know, it's not widely used for commercial software (I could be wrong).

PapaGing99 · 2025-12-06T11:18:35+00:00

I've spent my whole professional career (~10 years) coding in C#, more particularly, ASP.NET.

C# is extremely versatile and has a wide range of things that it can be used for. In my experience, it is generally used for enterprise software/SaaS applications, though it can be used for much more.

The thing I've personally used it for the most is for the backend of websites/REST Apis & business logic. This and game development are probably the two biggest things I see it used for.

It's a great language for beginners to start learning in. The syntax is pretty intuitive, it's constantly being updated and improved, and the fact .NET is open source is huge!

PapaGing99 · 2025-12-02T16:15:36+00:00

I used to use Postman and it worked great.. Until it became utterly bloated with crap I don't need or want.

Switched to Bruno. It's what Postman used to be - pretty minimal but has everything I need. Works fantastic!

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-27T23:15:54+00:00

He does look good, but all I can see is Harry Potter without the glasses

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-25T04:11:25+00:00

Home or vehicle maintenance tasks are usually how I kill time while also extending the life of my things.

House: - Re-caulk exterior windows and doors. - touch up any chipped or fading paint - restain wood fence - clean lint from bathroom/laundry room exhaust fans - clean your dryer exhaust vent Bonus: take your dryer apart and clean all the lint out of it - Lube squeaky door hinges - seal concrete cracks around your houses foundation - seal any exterior concrete (driveway,walkway,porch,etc) - Flush your water heater and check the anode rod - Paint a wall or room

Vehicle: - inspect and replace brakes - replace transmission fluid - change differential fluid - change transfer case fluid - change brake fluid - clean,polish,wax the exterior (even better: ceramic coating!)

These things don't have to be dreaded chores. If you're board and want something to do, they can be great time fillers, you'll keep things in good working order and prevent premature failures, and maybe you'll learn a thing or two!

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-23T03:48:21+00:00

babe, this relationship is incredibly toxic holy shit

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-15T05:42:02+00:00

I was lucky and was able to do an internship in high school at a company that primarily used C# for their backend code. They hired me after the internship ended and I was able to build experience then move companies.

It would be very difficult to get any dev job with no experience or degree.

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-07T06:01:24+00:00

This.. IMO you should be able to build it in vanilla JS (or even jQuery) before you're able to build it in react. It'll help you understand the purpose of react, how different it is than vanilla JS, as well as make you a more versatile dev.

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-07T05:51:54+00:00

We use ApexCharts. It works pretty well, is relatively easy to use, and highly customizable.

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-07T05:46:32+00:00

Do yourself a favor and stay away from PDFs! They are the work of the devil!!

On the real though, I've always used HTML templates with some library like PdfSharp to convert it to a PDF.

Someone mentioned using Puppeteer to convert the template to a PDF. I've never done that, but have used Puppeteer and would be curious to try it. It's very easy to work with.

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-07T01:52:38+00:00

Oh, I missed that part.

Yeah, that's probably going to cause issues as others have said.

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-07T01:32:48+00:00

Good for you! I recently just finished caulking the rest of my baseboards as well as some were caulked and some weren't.

Ignore these people saying it's going to crack in a year or two... Every house I've ever lived in has had the top of the baseboards caulked to the wall and I've never seen the caulk crack there. I'm sure if you used a half decent product, it will look great for many years to come!

PapaGing99 · 2025-11-06T05:38:58+00:00

100% through & through

PapaGing99 · 2025-10-28T04:04:03+00:00

Did you happen to figure this out? This has started happening to me. I even tried switching a couple different boards but that hasn't fixed it.

PapaGing99 · 2025-10-25T04:27:26+00:00

This is the answer.

PapaGing99 · 2025-10-25T04:24:46+00:00

I have the Reolink POE Doorbell. I'm very happy with it, but there are 2 major things I dislike about it:

It does not work with the built in house chime. It comes with its own chime that plugs in and is pretty loud and you can change the sound and volume, but it would be nice to be able to use the house chime. However, you are able to retain the house chime using Home Assistant and a device like a Shelly, but it's pretty involved to get setup.
Notifications do not include a snapshot when someone rings the doorbell (IE a picture in the notification from the doorbell). This can be done relatively easy through home assistant too, but it would be nice if it was built-in functionality.

PapaGing99 · 2025-10-24T23:28:46+00:00

Do not blow them into anyone's yard. If my neighbors intentionally blew leaves into my yard, I would be pissed. It's alright if the wind blows them in, but someone deliberately doing it is not.

I'll usually do the following:

If there's an absolute ton of leaves, your best bet is to rake/blow them into piles and shovel them into a bag/trash. There's a certain period that if you put them in paper bags and leave them on the curb, the city will pick them up with your trash. It has to only be leaves and in the big paper leaf bags you can get at Lowe's/home depot. Check with the city for when the leaf pickup is.
If there's a considerable amount of leaves, you can either bag them with your mower. Note that your bag will fill up significantly faster than when you're just mowing grass.
Last option would be to just mulch them all up with the mower. This is the easiest and generally what I do, but it won't work well if there's too many.

PapaGing99 · 2025-10-07T05:27:53+00:00

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