akumpf
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I like to build things :)
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Comment · 3 months ago
The concept is ridiculously simple. 99% of things people are making today only see a small handful of users (family, friends, co-workers, beta testers, etc.). So why start with an approach that's built around broadcasting to thousands?
Seamside is a new platform that securely hosts content directly from your own device(s), making it completely free. And you can always migrate to a traditional server later on if/when you actually need to scale up. More info in the about page and user docs.
Happy to answer any questions.
Comment · 1 year ago
There are a lot of cottage food bakers out there, making/selling artisan bread at farmers' markets and through side shelves in established retail/grocery spaces.
The big issue with home baking is scale -- there are often regulations that limit what you can use (often it MUST be in the kitchen within your primary residence, and it can ONLY use a standard residential oven). And if you can't make many loaves, the prices end up being about double compared to industrial produced bread. Hence the $10-25 per loaf at the farmers' market.
So I've been reverse engineering what's possible, given the cottage food law constraints (specifically in Ohio, but applies to a lot of states).
There are lots of non-standard things that I've found actually work quite well for me: Kneading the dough by slowly rotating it in a dough tub (no stretch-and-folds). 18hr+ room temperature bulk fermentation (using just a few grams of starter). Standard oven with 2 "decks" using baking stones. Using only a 10-15 minute bench rest (microproof) then quickly shaping loaves before going straight in the oven (no pans, parchment, banneton, or couche).
So I've put it together as open research for anyone to use. There's also a dynamic recipe page with my production quantities for various breads over here: https://palmbread.com/open_research/baker_recipes/
If you've ever considered baking bread at scale, please give it a look and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Comment · 1 year ago
Some context: I have kids and I build functional prototypes as my day job.
There are tons of circuit kits out there, but I’ve been surprised/disappointed with how pretty much all of them are designed. So I’ve built out a new approach that uses a graphical sticker on a breadboard to make it easy, but still uses the raw components to make it work so the maker can gain comfort/experience with real engineering.
I also wanted the kit to do something truly interesting/useful. Not just blinking a light or mimicking something else you can easy find elsewhere. This first kit is a fully generative music box that can play millions of different song patterns.
Would love to hear thoughts from the other maker/engineer parents on here :)