André (makerbymistake)

$8 beer at the airport is like, normal price now

Tempting

My sewing station got some much needed lighting upgrades.

ATX to barrel jack? Why not?

Who needs pin schematic when you have a multimeter?

20 Sept

Google and Apple found a way to charge you a monthly fee to use your phone, didn't they? Any good self hosted solutions for Android and iOS backup?

16 Sept

There's a proposal in my city to install more sidewalks. There are people opposing the project???

10 Sept

Setting up a home lab. Like, with Docker? No, to detect E. Coli

10 Sept

Whole Foods person told my wife the bread we like buying has been out because it was recalled. EVEN THE BREAD IS BEING RECALLED

6 Sept

Sunday morning with my daughter: I love biking and pedestrian infrastructure!!

3 Sept

Life rn. Do not fill above this line.

28 Aug

It's been a wild week. So, I'll post Wisconsin biking pictures.

15 Aug

Just found out Bambu is backed by VC money. So, there is that

André (makerbymistake)@makerbymistake.com

Buying a 3D Printer in 2026. Main options: 1. The expensive xenophobic one that sometimes lies 2. The cheap one that lies all the time 3. Spend countless hours researching and building a Voron

13 Aug

It's a toothpaste on work clothes kinda day, I see

@brenttoderian.bsky.social

12 Aug

Hey @zackster.bsky.social , the new debugger in Lucee is awesome! Breakpoints in VS Code don't seem to work for me but breakpoint() does.

André (makerbymistake) reposted

Brent Toderian

7 Aug

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.

The fact that bikes manufactured 40-50 years ago are still running like new, is proof that bikes are the superior mode of transportation.

They still run because there's no app, no cloud service, and you can find replacement parts with ease.

Daughter wants a kids music box. Me: Can I hack it?

learn.adafruit.comHacking Yoto Music PlayersSee how to take your Yoto Mini apart and load and run CircuitPython firmware with access to nearly all of the peripherals onboard. As of writing, the speaker init sequence hasn't been fully cracked...

It turns out you can. learn.adafruit.com/hacking-the-...

30 July

Here we are again....

André (makerbymistake)@makerbymistake.com

Buying a 3D Printer in 2026. Main options: 1. The expensive xenophobic one that sometimes lies 2. The cheap one that lies all the time 3. Spend countless hours researching and building a Voron

github.comGitHub - camerahacks/shipping-rates-for-shipstationContribute to camerahacks/shipping-rates-for-shipstation development by creating an account on GitHub.

22 July

Here is the Woocommerce plugin if you don't to pay a monthly fee to calculate live shipping rate. github.com/camerahacks/...

André (makerbymistake)@makerbymistake.com

Ok, first positive vibe coding experience. I needed a plugin to calculate real time shipping prices for one of my web stores. The shop app (Woo) charges $90 a year for this. Claude Code was able to create a replacement in a couple of hours of prompting.

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I'm a bit conflicted though. The immediate results are positive but is this the right thing to do given all the negative things that come with AI generation? There was no way for me to know if the $90 a year app was also AI generated.

Finally, what do people think about open sourcing something like this? Do I add the disclaimer it was vibe coded? Does it matter?

Why I vibe coded this: I'm not familiar with PHP and the Woo extension architecture. Could I have learned it? Yes. Do I have better things to do with my time? Also yes

I looked for an open source version of the plugin before deciding to vibe code it and didn't find one. I was willing to support the project if I had found one.

16 July

Going outside in Wisconsin rn

16 July

Going outside in Wisconsin rn

16 July

Is it even yours if you don't have the right to repair it?

4 July

I'm about ready to give up on PayPal for accepting payments but is Stripe any better?

29 June

Sport Utility Vehicle

28 June

How is this still a thing in 2026? Was buying some narrow goods from Seattle Fabrics and had to reset my password.

rpilocator.comFind Raspberry Pi computers in stock - rpilocatorFind Raspberry Pi computers in stock - rpilocator

23 June

That's it folks. I'll decommission rpilocator.com in July. Most of the sites I track have blocked my bot (knowingly or not) and I don't have the time to get in touch with all of the sellers to get it addressed. I have looked at workarounds but the workarounds stop working after a few days/weeks

23 June

Quite a few people still use the site. 11k users per month to be exact. A lot are bots, for sure, but I know real people still use it also because I get emails weekly with people pointing out something that is not working on the site. I might bring it back again in the future if I have the drive

16 June

It's been 4 years but I'm back making bike bags. Small batch of basket and rack bags are live on the site now. More color and options to come soon. Check it out: troutmoose.com

31 May

A 20lb propane tank only has 15lb of gas in it. Got it, that makes sense.

29 May

The number of people that claim something is illegal because they *think* it should be illegal is mind boggling.

blog.flipper.netFlipper One — we need your helpWith Flipper One, we're reimagining what a Linux cyberdeck can be — it's a huge project. We're opening up the development process and asking the community for help.

27 May

This looks awesome. Still wondering how they are planning on powering it. Pi 5 is very power hungry. Source: www.reddit.com

André (makerbymistake)@makerbymistake.com

Lots of promises and lots of questions. Biggest one is: How are they going to power it? blog.flipper.net/flipper-one-...

24 May

I'm here again advertising cargo bikes. Such a good way to get around with kids (and on your own). Kid is soaking wet from splash pad? No problem.

22 May

A dad type of Friday

22 May

A treat

22 May

Lots of promises and lots of questions. Biggest one is: How are they going to power it? blog.flipper.net/flipper-one-...

13 May

Once you burn fuel, it also no longer produces energy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery