Amazing to see OctoPrint on HN. In a weird way I owe my career to it and specially Gina.
8 years ago I started working at a 3D printing company as a support engineer, where the UI of the printer was not up to par. In a short period of time during my off hours I developed a different front-end that could sit on top of OctoPrint. The printer was able to be sold again and I got offered a software engineering job. Gina was so helpful on IRC, she often pushed me into Python documentation instead of solving the problem for me. We build the first plugins for OctoPrint at that time. The plug-in is still running on many printers in the wild.
I have huge respect for Gina and OctoPrint, being able to make your opensource project your job.
8 years ago I started working at a 3D printing company as a support engineer, where the UI of the printer was not up to par. In a short period of time during my off hours I developed a different front-end that could sit on top of OctoPrint. The printer was able to be sold again and I got offered a software engineering job. Gina was so helpful on IRC, she often pushed me into Python documentation instead of solving the problem for me. We build the first plugins for OctoPrint at that time. The plug-in is still running on many printers in the wild.
I have huge respect for Gina and OctoPrint, being able to make your opensource project your job.