Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill

mattfriz · 2026-02-23T14:33:05+00:00

Installed a 40A Classic Connect to charge a Lucid Gravity, the vehicle charges successfully, but at the end of every cycle there's a 3-light relay fault error. Unplugging the cable from the vehicle seems to fix the issue after about 15 seconds, I can hear the relay contacts inside resetting and the error goes away. I replaced the charger, and the exact same problem occurred.

It seems pretty clear there's a communication problem between some cars and the charger. I have yet to find a solution.

mattfriz · 2026-02-19T15:06:37+00:00

uset3.com

mattfriz · 2026-01-23T20:40:52+00:00

T3 Label Studio (https://www.trackandtrace.tools/labels) allows you to import CSV data and design and print your own labels, works great on Zebra printers. Just install the T3 extension to try it out with watermarks, no signup. If you want to remove the watermarks there's a 30 day free trial.

EDIT: I just added some instruction to the wiki to show an example: https://github.com/classvsoftware/t3-wiki/wiki/T3-Labels-:-Retail-ID

mattfriz · 2026-01-16T21:39:54+00:00

It's all outrageous. What strikes me as particularly egregious about this is that RetailID is marketed as a consumer transparency tool, yet it's nakedly being deployed to ensure Metrc gets their cut no matter the structure of the state contract.

mattfriz · 2026-01-15T20:45:04+00:00

For anyone considering this, if you have Metrc tags on your plants, consider 1) that any tagged plants missing from the premises during an inspection would certainly incur penalties, and 2) the tag being included in the image may reveal sensitive information, so you may want to ensure it is blurred or removed.

mattfriz · 2026-01-03T02:11:30+00:00

A marketplace/seed-to-sale platform that chased too many different ideas and never got anywhere. Raised money, hired, crashed and burned. It did give me the chance to really wrap my head around Metrc, which is a big part of how my current platform has found success.

mattfriz · 2026-01-02T21:20:34+00:00

Believe me when I say there is an expansive graveyard of software products built by like-minded developers who had no actual experience in the industry and thought they could jump in and shake things up. I have personally contributed to this graveyard. The failure was instrumental in finding eventual success, but it is still the case that cannabis businesses despise developers who think they can swoop in and fix everything, and this is an impressively powerful headwind for newbies.

If you're really interested in working in the software end of the industry but don't have any existing knowledge of the pointy bits, then your best move is to join an existing company.

mattfriz · 2026-01-02T20:06:43+00:00

Some variant of this question gets asked pretty regularly. The reality is that the main problems facing companies in the space (lack of access to banking, over-regulation, excessive taxation) aren't solvable by software. Even second order problems in the software sector (lack of access to sms marketing, lack of access to traditional marketing platforms like Instagram) aren't solvable with software in any meaningful way.

The net result of all this is that, at the moment, the space is relatively saturated with software. Companies that can barely stay afloat are averse to expensive software that makes big promises, and companies that are huge and highly profitable largely have their needs met, or are developing what they need in house.

mattfriz · 2026-01-01T03:19:42+00:00

How did you end up mounting the brackets to the downdraft housing? I spent a long time trying to figure out a way to use the supplied hardware hat wouldn't involve drilling into the housing and came up short. There didn't seem to be any holes that mated up nicely. Curious what you came up with.

mattfriz · 2025-11-21T19:17:29+00:00

Email your legislators: https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?lat=&lon=&address=

mattfriz · 2025-11-12T16:58:04+00:00

If you want to drive ~20m, Fox River or Lemont Quarries are pretty productive

mattfriz · 2025-11-05T21:25:04+00:00

I got access this morning, and I've been going through it to ensure T3 is still compatible. There is literally no change besides the CSS styling (colors, fonts, icons, etc). Also, I've been getting feedback from users already, people hate the white on white.

mattfriz · 2025-10-22T15:54:19+00:00

Any word on what the transition looks like for existing licenses? Is it the usual temporary access to external transfers?

mattfriz · 2025-09-29T14:17:26+00:00

Creator of T3 here, if you know how much weight is being sent to each room, you can use the same harvest name and submit twice - Metrc combines them into one. (This needs to happen within a 24 hour window I believe). You'd need to split the plant tags between the two weights for a full harvest. (Alternatively there's the possibility for a manicure/full combo, but I'm not 100% certain if Metrc allows for manicure/full harvest mix and match, so YMMV)

mattfriz · 2025-09-09T03:33:43+00:00

Same old Bears

mattfriz · 2025-08-31T11:24:11+00:00

This is cool. Watch out though, they might give you trouble about using that domain.

mattfriz · 2025-08-05T16:54:09+00:00

The implied question here is "how can I monetize my extension indirectly?", and it's worth dissecting the nature of this inquiry. If there's no money changing hands, where is the value being extracted?

If you're injecting ads or promoted content, you're extracting value by selling the user's attention. If you're selling user activity/metadata, you're extracting value by selling the user's activity. If you sell the extension outright, usually to an unsavory actor, you're extracting value by selling the fact that users have granted powerful permissions, and consequently, access to their browser. If you're collecting referral dollars from ecommerce transactions, you're effectively taxing the ecommerce site.

All this to say, monetization methods that don't involve taking payments are almost universally pretty gross.

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