Posts tagged "behind-the-scenes"
7 posts
- Drain hair catchers, and the dome that tore in the slicer11 October 2026
The Drain Hair Catcher Generator makes a basket for a sink or bathtub drain or a slotted cover for a shower grate, and getting a perforated dome to survive an STL reload took three attempts.
- A lens cap is a standard part, so I built a generator for it11 October 2026
The Lens Cap Generator turns the filter size printed on a lens into a push-in, slip-over or screw-in cap, with a strap holder and a fit-test ring, and here is the thread math behind it.
- Out of memory, on purpose5 September 2026
Three generators have now been killed mid-request by their own memory limits. The limits are working as designed, and every kill handed me the exact number to raise them by.
- I can model. That is not the point.1 September 2026
People assume the generators exist because I cannot use CAD. It is the other way around, I counted the hours CAD was costing me and quit doing it for boring parts.
- What 10,000 preview requests taught me1 September 2026
Eleven days of production logs, 9,109 live previews and one person who reshaped a vase 234 times. What the numbers say about how people actually use parametric generators.
- Every coffee is a feature request31 August 2026
A supporter left three sentences with their donation. By the evening the rugged box had scoops, printer presets and a Max size button, and I had learned something about reading requests.
- Why alpaco.it exists22 August 2026
The site started as one box generator written out of frustration with almost-right STLs. Here is what it is for, what it is not, and where it is going.