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In my current quest of building the Hypercube Evolution, one of the early and critical steps is putting in the knurled brass inserts into the 3D printed parts. These inserts are the receptacle for screws/bolts that would otherwise chew up the plastic you’ve printed. The standard instructions are to use a soldering iron but I…
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After the adventure that is learning about and buying a 3D printer, then learning how to print the hard way, I was left wanting more. Kit printers are a great start and I knew there were many options for upgrades. However the more I researched the upgrades, the more I wanted to understand 3D printing…
At the office we use Datadog for monitoring our production systems, so when I spun up a test Kubernetes cluster (running Tectonic) I wanted to monitor using the same tool. Unfortunately the initial deploy of the Datadog agent didn’t work quite as well I was hoping. While I used their stock Kubernetes YAML as prescribed…
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One of the most commonly recommended upgrades I’ve found (For all printers) is switching to a glass bed (Technically tempered Borosilicate). While it is not a hard nor expensive upgrade, it can be a bit time consuming. Since your bed is very important to the print process, this shouldn’t be something to rush, so I’d…
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Just a bit over a week ago I had the opportunity to attend CoreOS Fest 2017 at the lovely Pier 27 in San Francisco. You might remember this same structure from my cruise posts as Pier 27 serves double duty as event center and cruise ship terminal. Now that I’ve had a chance to see…
If you work in the cloud, you’ve probably got an AWS account. It’s not just any account though, it’s the magical “AWS Root Account”. With this root user account, you are imbued with the god-like power to create worlds and smite instances. Your power is only limited by the thickness of your wallet (and the…