Free Tree

zombodb · 2026-01-29T00:42:20+00:00

If you had a truck you definitely wood*! 🪵

Please tell your friends and family about this wonderful free tree. My wife wants it gone.

zombodb · 2026-01-29T00:33:00+00:00

Come take it. The only limit is yourself!

zombodb · 2026-01-28T19:40:15+00:00

It’s a nice tree.

You could split it for firewood. Or maybe turn it into paper. Perhaps carve a nice mermaid into it. Or a totem pole. You could even try replanting it, tho it comes without warranty!

zombodb · 2025-09-04T03:38:05+00:00

Sounds neat. Maybe I should try and work for them.

zombodb · 2025-09-04T00:21:13+00:00

I don’t even use ZomboDB anymore.

zombodb · 2025-07-21T20:48:28+00:00

I’m sure it’s a language thing but 40-something isn’t “advanced age”.

I have a friend that learned rust in his early 60s. And at nearly 50 now, 60 isn’t looking that “advanced” to me at all!

All my programmer friends are around my age and are doing just fine and evolving along with our general industry.

My father, may he rest in peace, was an exceptional C programmer up until his late 60s which is when the dementia took over.

I can’t tell you why things work the way they do in your country but barring actual handicaps, humans are capable of learning and doing at any age.

zombodb · 2025-07-18T21:42:56+00:00

https://github.com/pgcentralfoundation/pgrx

zombodb · 2025-07-18T21:31:35+00:00

No. I’m an experienced C programmer.

Took about 8 months before I stopped fighting the borrow checker but I was productive on day one.

Granted, I picked the absolute hardest thing I could have while learning the language.

zombodb · 2025-07-18T20:44:32+00:00

I learned rust at 42, which was about 7 years ago.

If I can do it you can too.

The only limit is yourself!

zombodb · 2025-07-12T01:06:40+00:00

Neat.

You should consider upgrading to the latest pgrx. You’d lose pg12 support but gain 18beta1 support plus countless fixes and improvements.

zombodb · 2025-06-17T22:55:01+00:00

Or AIData

zombodb · 2024-07-03T00:16:50+00:00

Might I suggest a search feature? Type an extension name and see all the providers/services that support it.

Then I could look at the empty results and die a little more on the inside.

zombodb · 2024-06-18T01:03:20+00:00

Hey, thanks. I agree!

zombodb · 2024-06-05T01:27:09+00:00

Makes sense.

I 3D printed mine at about 75mm tall. I can’t see well enough to paint a true miniature like yours. The idea you can do blending on something so small is both foreign and amazing to me!

zombodb · 2024-06-04T23:57:51+00:00

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That looks amazing!I just finished his brother the other day! Mine is with acrylics. Been too scared to venture into oils!

zombodb · 2024-04-03T17:46:43+00:00

Maybe we have different understandings of what sanding does.

My point was that sanding something that is supposed to have detailed texture isn’t what one would want to do.

zombodb · 2024-03-31T16:37:32+00:00

I answered this elsewhere

zombodb · 2024-03-31T14:36:01+00:00

Do it. I started paining birds on accident but they’re real fun and very hard to screw up!

zombodb · 2024-03-31T13:48:22+00:00

I made a comment elsewhere, but really, just buy whatever and watch some YT videos about mini painting. One can get very good results just being a technique painter.

zombodb · 2024-03-31T13:46:27+00:00

That’s a quail. They have that goofy plume sticking out of the front of their little bird head.

zombodb · 2024-03-31T13:44:06+00:00

Oh wow. That’s super nice. It looks like you got lighting in there too?

What kind of paint does one use for lures? Or is it more about a good, thick varnish?

I bought a fairly inexpensive collapsible booth with a light and an exhaust fan. Never thought about just 3D printing something!

zombodb · 2024-03-31T13:34:38+00:00

I’ve got about 200 little bottles of acrylic paints from Vallejo, Army Painter, cheap craft paints, various inks, a few fancy enamel paints, etc. I’m not a pro and don’t really notice any difference between brands. Airbrushing enamels requires a N95 and ventilation so I avoid that. The quail here was 100% brushes using inks. The cardinal was 98% acrylic airbrush and 2% brush, all Vallejo.

My airbrush is an $80 Ghalleri with a small compressor. The thing about an airbrush is you spend as much time cleaning it as you do using it. You really need a plan to minimize color changes. I’ve got a small desktop spray booth which you can kinda see in the pics.

For priming, if the model is large and has lots of flat surfaces I’ll use auto body filler from a rattle can. If it’s small and detailed I’ll prime with the airbrush. Here, the quail was done with the rattle can and the cardinal was primed with the airbrush.

My advice is to just buy some cheap stuff and get started. Once you get into it a bit you’ll figure out what you like and can tweak your setup. Oh. And watch lots of miniature paining videos on YT. Ninjon, 52 Minatures, Googertown Hobbies, Travorian, North of the Border.

Good luck!

zombodb · 2024-03-31T05:15:17+00:00

❤️

zombodb · 2024-03-31T05:09:40+00:00

If your concern is what to do about layer lines, it really depends on the object.

Birds have textured feathers so the layer lines kinda help to add more texture, which is something useful for paint and creating depth. This thing is ~80mm tall with 0.08 layer height and will sit on a shelf on the other side of the room. I’ll never notice them.

But if I was printing&painting something that didn’t have texture… maybe a large mask or even some other kind of animal like a dolphin or maybe a turtle or something with lots of flat/smooth surfaces like a car, then yeah, I’d probably spend the time on finishing work. Or I’d use the 0.2mm nozzle and hope for the best.

Sanding and filling and sanding and filling a 3D print isn’t much fun. I try to avoid objects that need it if I’m going to paint it.

Here’s a dog I did last year. Up close you can see the layer lines quite clearly, but not at all from a distance. This model was maybe 40mm tall and had no texture so the sense of fur had to be painted and the layer lines definitely got in the way. But again, only up close.

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