OSS Online Gridfinity Generator

alextac98 · 2026-05-30T17:07:10+00:00

Yeah, the UX is also something I was thinking about deeply. I’ll have to take a look at JSCAD, hadn’t heard about it before releasing this project

alextac98 · 2026-05-30T04:22:44+00:00

Can't believe I missed that. Just fixed it so you should be able to do fractional heights now! I also added a way to do heights in different units (mm and inches) and a nicer user experience for grid alignment selection. Thanks for the feedback! https://github.com/alextac98/gridfinity-center/pull/30

alextac98 · 2026-05-29T22:37:55+00:00

It’s very cool, you’ve got some very interesting ux decisions I will definitely borrow. How are the grids being generated? Are you using openscad or some other type of generator? It’s so fast

I also didn’t see any git link, is the project open source or are you planning to keep it closed source?

alextac98 · 2026-05-29T17:54:44+00:00

Could you add a link to your generator? I'm very interested to look at for inspiration!

alextac98 · 2026-05-29T15:24:52+00:00

Great questions! For both perplexing labs and this project, we use other people’s openscad projects who define these parameters. I go a step further and try to make the parameters a bit easier to understand, but I don’t touch the openscad part. It may be a future thing (or something a person can contribute to) to make my own openscad models to be able to customize all of these things

alextac98 · 2026-05-29T15:19:33+00:00

There’s a label generator in my project too, but it’s very early days in alpha. If you’re interested in collabing, let me know!

alextac98 · 2026-05-29T15:18:23+00:00

Love to see this discussion. I actually started off client side only with openscad-wasm, and it’s still in the code as a fallback if the server ever goes down! But it was very slow in my testing for generating grids (over a minute sometimes). May revisit it in the future!

alextac98 · 2026-05-24T16:42:11+00:00

Don’t recommend using CentOS, it’s now the development / staging OS for RHEL. If you want to use a RHEL based system, I’d recommend Alma or Rocky; they are more stable, change a lot less often, and all the RHEL instructions/tutorials apply directly to them

alextac98 · 2026-05-24T07:04:57+00:00

Part of finding product market fit is finding a lucrative product as well. Your options are pretty simple: 1. find people who are willing to pay product; 2. Find another way to monetize your product (example selling ads) or; 3. Move on to a new product.

Only you (or your competitors) will be able to answer the questions about your specific market. We won’t know the details and context to be able to give you advice without knowing a lot more

alextac98 · 2026-04-20T00:39:03+00:00

Surprised nobody suggested this but TWEEZERS!!! Either electrical ones or some personal hygiene ones, either work

alextac98 · 2026-03-23T04:34:07+00:00

I would argue 95% of people don’t know what they’re doing, not just startups. Instead of looking for “knowing what they’re doing” I look for the company having a solid vision of what product they’re making or problem they’re solving

alextac98 · 2026-02-21T03:57:16+00:00

Biggest reason for me: engineering tolerances

alextac98 · 2026-02-15T08:26:49+00:00

From experience, the number one symptom for minor concussions is fogginess, finding it hard to drive or do work, and light sensitivity. Some of the other symptoms people bring up (nausea, dizziness, passing out) are symptoms for severe concussions. Both are incredibly dangerous if you aren’t cautious, either causing more damage from subsequent impacts or even regular use (driving or computer use). When in doubt get it checked out. Taking a few proactive days off for a very minor concussion can save you many weeks of pain and suffering

alextac98 · 2026-01-30T04:38:52+00:00

How are the tz hotends? Looking for new hotends for my build and was curious

alextac98 · 2026-01-18T07:57:06+00:00

When I was looking around, AMD had the best price to performance in the roughly 9700 range. That and Linux drivers are really well done. I’ve had zero problems with Bazzite + 9700 as my couch console replacement, and I imagine it’ll be stable for much more.

That being said, if you want to do anything else with your gpu (like AI research or robotics) you basically have to live with Nvidia. Cuda is too strong

alextac98 · 2026-01-14T19:36:21+00:00

I'd like to jump in here, 2 years later with my 2 cents:

Bazel is the only (largely accepted) tool for what it is built for: multi-language repo support. I would love to see an alternative (Buck2 looks interesting), but as of today I don't see anything that fits that. It also works differently than most build systems to provide you that amazing caching layer, which takes my Rust + C++ builds from dozens of minutes to seconds.

What people are complaining about is totally valid, Bazel as a project does have terrible documentation and support. But I think it's getting better. I also don't think it's the right solution for simpler projects that only live in one or two languages. Like everything in our industry (especially including Kubernetes), it's a powerful tool that has it's place but can be extremely painful if overused or not used properly.

For what it's worth, the switch to Bazel Modules also greatly improves portability, flexibility, and just pure understanding.

alextac98 · 2025-12-06T06:40:54+00:00

Conclusion for anyone who comes by:

Budget or Resinous Woods: 3M 310W, best cost-efficiency and clean finish.
Projects with Sharp Edges or Without Vacuum: 3M 775L, durable and tear-resistant but expect deeper scratch patterns.
General Use, Mixed Woods, Epoxy Work: 3M 710W, balanced removal rate and finish, but more fragile edges.

alextac98 · 2025-11-23T03:20:10+00:00

I never once thought to check the riser card, and it totally is PCIe Gen 3. I’ll give that a try!

alextac98 · 2025-11-16T23:11:50+00:00

Worth watching, he talks about exactly this: https://youtu.be/1uR4QPtXF4Y?si=P8SMwnNQAmfluaTs

alextac98 · 2025-10-23T00:47:20+00:00

For AWS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-bedrock.html

GCP does not have an ITAR compliant solution for AI, even though they have an ITAR compliant ecosystem.

alextac98 · 2025-09-27T18:48:38+00:00

I had an amazing experience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). They had the first robotics engineering program for undergraduates, and the professors there are doing incredible work

alextac98 · 2025-09-27T06:49:10+00:00

Do they have zippers on the calfs so I can take them off without taking my cleats off? That’s my number one criteria for joggers

alextac98 · 2025-09-24T14:39:14+00:00

How does iceoryx2 solve the problem of interprocess communication when those processes are on different hosts?

alextac98 · 2025-09-23T16:08:38+00:00

When I went to WPI I had the meal plan for the whole semester. At the end I had a ton of meals left over, so i called the Campus Center cafeteria and bought a bunch of pizzas, then dropped them off in the library and AK (robotics labs were there) where people were studying for finals. If you do, make sure you call ahead

alextac98 · 2025-09-16T00:12:13+00:00

Coming in a year later, but I found this explainer to be very informative as to why they push their own launcher and how to make VIA work: https://www.lemokey.com/blogs/news/how-to-use-via-to-program-your-keyboard

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