I Gave Up My 3D Printer

Long-time readers of the blog might remember that a few years ago I bought a Neptune 4 Pro. This was back when we lived in London, I had a bit more spare time on my hands – as most of my job involved talking more than coding – and I was playing around with a few electronics projects, for which a 3D printer is a great companion. Things have changed, I have less time to dedicate to these particular hobbies, my work became a lot more coding-heavy, and between the overall existential dread of the world, and the general race to throw expertise out in favour of LLMs is not a great situation to live in to have the energy to spend on extracurricula. And in addition to that, turns out the Neptune 4 Pro, which was a good tool back in London in an overly dry apartment where humidity needed to be consistently added, didn’t quite have the same appeal in the East of England, where humidity particularly in spring and autumn is quite reasonable. And similarly, moving the printer to a room where I’m…