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Makerinator

@makerinator.bsky.social
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Tinkerer turned speaker. The sparks fly either way.

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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at Fluttercon Europe! My presentation is about learning Embedded Flutter through a fortune telling fish!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HUMP DAY! HUMP DAY! HUMP DAY!!!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Guess who's back??? See everyone soon!!!!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Over the past ten months I've been building a fortune telling machine inspired by my childhood love of Zoltar. It asks you 3 questions and provides you a customized fortune based on your answers! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovV...
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This Fortune Telling Machine Was the Least Predictable Project of My Life
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Flutter Community @fluttercommunity.dev · 02/09/2026
🔴 #HumpdayQandA and Live Coding in 45 minutes at 5pm BST / 6pm CEST / 9am PDT today! Answering your #Flutter and #Dart questions with @devangels.london @randalschwartz.bsky.social @flutterfly.bsky.social and @makerinator.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvp...
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Humpday Q&A/AMA with Live Coding :: 2nd September 2026 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Been a second. Excited to be back!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Check out what I'm bringing to Fluttercon USA! Captain Reef can't wait to reveal your destiny! This kiosk is powered by Flutter, Flame, and a Raspberry Pi. Want to learn more? Come to my talk... "Bare Metal Flutter" happening Thursday @ 10AM!
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Flutter Community @fluttercommunity.dev · 08/07/2026
🔴 #HumpdayQandA in 15 minutes at 5pm BST / 6pm CEST / 9am PDT today! Answering your #Flutter and #Dart questions with @randalschwartz.bsky.social @johnwiese.bsky.social @makerinator.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOCd...
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Humpday Q&A/AMA :: 8th July 2026 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Going live sooooon!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOCd...
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Humpday Q&A/AMA Kaisel Special :: 8th July 2026 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Okay... Hear me out... A manga where every US state has to send their "man" (eg: Florida Man) to battle in an arena championship. Ohio Man vs Michigan Man would be epic. This is what America needed for its 250th...
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This video is fantastic. I turned vegetarian in 2008 and vegan in... 2023 I think? youtu.be/Hcb6_44OjIo?...
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i went vegan as a joke... it changed me
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Can't wait to stream again today! It's been a minute. :)
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It's been a minute since I've been on stream. We're going live at 12PM EDT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=noVm...
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Humpday Q&A/AMA and Live Coding! :: 10th June 2026 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Keep going" is bad advice. It doesn't tell you what to keep going on. He quit the valve approach, the pump approach, the ring architecture. He never quit the goal. Those are not the same thing. youtube.com/shorts/T... #Makers #DIY #MakerCommunity #Making #ProjectLife
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"Keep going" is terrible advice #Makers #HardwareProjects #Engineering #WaterClock
Original Project Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKB5-sgexI0 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/@Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/@MakerinatorUncut This builder spent three months on a water clock — a
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
FieldStation 42 doesn't recreate the nostalgia. It recreates the room. And a room full of people doesn't happen by accident. It happens because someone designed for it. www.youtube.com/shor... #RaspberryPi #OpenSource #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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The Project Isn't the Cable Box | #FieldStation42 #MakerCommunity #RaspberryPi
Original project link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_qVZ_J22A 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/@Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/@MakerinatorUncut FieldStation 42 is an open source project that turns a
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I solved the same CNC problem twice because I never wrote it down. Your AI assistant is only as useful as the context you give it. Documentation is the most valuable tool in the shop. youtube.com/shorts/B... #Workshop #Arduino #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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You've Already Solved This Problem. Twice. #Maker #Workshop #AI #Arduino #MakerCulture
Original project links: - https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/05/14/making-a-self-documenting-workshop/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IigSVjMAQxI 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/@Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtub
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"I felt like a bulldozer trying to catch a butterfly." The JSRF soundtrack remains glorious.
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The nail polish on the keyboard is not a detail. It's the thesis. And the industry is going to sand it off trying to sell it back to you. Don't let them. youtube.com/shorts/R... #Cyberdeck #RaspberryPi #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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The Friction Is The Feature #cyberdeck #makercommunity #raspberrypi #diytech #makerculture #maker
Original project links: https://missmolerat.com/posts/pinkpad/ | https://makezine.com/article/technology/computers-mobile/destroy-big-tech-with-a-salvaged-cyberdeck/ 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/@Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The flaw doesn't exist as knowable information until you build the thing that breaks. Version 1 isn't a failure. It's the only instrument capable of generating what you need to know. youtube.com/shorts/v... #Robotics #Engineering #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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They Built a Robot Dog That Only Turns Left #Robotics #RobotDog #MakerCulture #Engineering
Original project links: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLa1b1juUo - https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/an-improved-robot-dog-for-senior-design/ 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.you
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
153 versions of the same Fusion 360 shape. Not because she was bad at building. Because she hadn't needed it badly enough yet. The project is the curriculum. youtube.com/shorts/3... #Fusion360 #3DPrinting #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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You're Not Bad at Building. You're Bad at Your Tools. #Fusion360 #HardwareProjects #Tamagotchi
Original project link: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_PvOEHy1c0 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @MakerinatorUncut Cassandra over at Chaos Theory spent a year bui
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A kid solved his hamster problem properly. In doing so, he accidentally solved a real energy harvesting problem. Silly problems have serious physics. youtube.com/shorts/l... #EnergyHarvesting #Electronics #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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This Hamster Just Solved a Renewable Energy Problem #EnergyHarvesting #HamsterPower #DIYElectronics
Original project links: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKXwT878a04 - https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/using-hamster-power-to-charge-a-phone/ 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtu
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Man... I am waiting with baited breath for this McMaster Carr order to arrive... 😂
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
That optimization was inside every ESP32 ever made. The charging cable is why nobody went looking for it. Constraints find doors that comfort never does. youtube.com/shorts/0... #ESP32 #Wearables #Electronics #DIY #Makers
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The Charging Cable Is a Creative Ceiling #esp32 #smartwatch #maker
Original project links: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBj7sOVVzNI - https://hackaday.com/2026/05/05/lightink-a-solar-powered-esp32-smartwatch/ 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.y
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
He designed an e-ink display. Then he picked up some wood and cord instead. Zero power. Looks better. Sometimes the tech answer just loses. youtube.com/shorts/n... #DIY #LowTech #Makers #Making #MakerCommunity
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Not Every Problem Needs a Circuit
Original project link: https://makezine.com/projects/123-hanging-book-frame/ 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @MakerinatorUncut Sam wanted to put a book on his wall. Hi
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
He built a triple monitor workstation out of a 6th gen iPod Nano. It can't send an email. I haven't been able to stop thinking about what we gave up when we decided it should. youtube.com/shorts/R... #iPod #Apple #DIY #Makers #IntentionalTech
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The Most Important Computer I've Seen in Ages (It Can't Run Excel)
Original project link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGp8LWK9-k 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @MakerinatorUncut Someone built a triple monitor workstation out of
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The piano isn't neutral. It's a gatekeeper. A controller that lives on your fingers might quietly change who gets to call themselves an artist. www.youtube.com/shor... #MIDI #Music #WearableTech #DIY #Makers
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This Finger Controller Changes Who Gets To Be A Musician
Project Link: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/wearable-midi-controller-built-with-raspberry-pi/ 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @MakerinatorUncut A maker built a weara
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I have a thing for fortune telling devices. This is dope and I love it!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I just want to say... The GBA / GameCube link cable was peak gaming.
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
He spent two years building a worse watch and a worse Game Boy. He also became an entirely different engineer. Nobody asks a powerlifter why they're lifting something they're just going to put back down. www.youtube.com/shor... #GameBoy #Electronics #DIY #Makers #MakerCommunity
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The Project Isn't the Point. You Are.
Original project link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUg_NePXy8&t=2s My pointless Decisioninator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7hUsJqTZI 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.you
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I have a deep love of fidget toys. I need to print one of these!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"Obsolete" is a marketing word, not a technical one. Your old phone is a processor, GPU, touchscreen, WiFi, and camera that's already paid for. Open the drawer. www.youtube.com/shor... #Upcycling #DIY #Sustainability #Makers #MakerCommunity
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Your Junk Drawer Is a Computer Lab
Original project link: https://andmartijn.notion.site/The-Rephone-Project-3353c0279d5a801c848df5e7b2012129 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @MakerinatorUncut A French d
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Pinball is 80 years old. Nobody made it truly multiplayer until someone with a 3D printer ignored how it was supposed to work. Constraints ask better questions than roadmaps do. youtube.com/shorts/0... #3DPrinting #DIY #Pinball #Makers #MakerCommunity
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Maker Solves 80 Year Pinball Problem
Project link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7c_iTuHRgs My stab at multiplayer pinball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGx43u8oE0w 🎤 Have me speak at your event → https://www.makerinator.com 📺 Main Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @Makerinator 🔨 Build Channel → https://www.youtube.com/ @
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We're going live for Humpday soon. Lots of Google I/O stuff to talk about. Be there or be square!!!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Bump Mesh from CNC Kitchen is truly incredible. The fact that this exists, works well, and is OSS is astounding. This is going to change how I design for #3dprinting.
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Tonight I accidentally super glued my hand to my CNC machine. #maker
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I've wanted to build my own #robot arm for ages. This one looks particularly cool. youtube.com/shorts/b2AzL...
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Armold MK11 is here - get ready!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It's hump day!!! Let's gooool!!! We're going live at noon EDT. www.youtube.com/live/klq91Hc...
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Humpday Q&A/AMA and Live Coding! :: 13th May 2026 :: #HumpdayQandA #Flutter #FlutterCommunity
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We goin liiiive!
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Going live at 7PM EDT! Let's turn this extrusion into a structure! --- www.youtube.com/live/J7u-U3k...
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Makerinator Livestream | 04/27/26
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Going live at 5PM EDT! We're actually going to start building the enclosure we've been designing. - youtube.com/live/7CJ2xe3...
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Makerinator Livestream | 04/25/26
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This thing is glorious! hackaday.com/2026/04/25/t...
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Time Frog Color Is A Game Boy Color On Your Wrist
Handheld consoles are great for gaming on the go, but who wants to hold onto things all the time? Would it not be easier to strap the game to your wrist? Well, not in its current form factor, but […
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
That figures... #BookSky
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This made me actually audibly laugh. 😂
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Right??? How is my 3D printer more reliable than my paper printer???
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I've actually thought about doing this. Glad someone made it happen. :)
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This reminds me of the old adage. We do things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy... hackaday.com/2026/04/22/d...
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DIY Smart Button Gets Surprisingly Complicated
There’s a reason that the standards specifications for various wireless communications protocols are extremely long and detailed. [Made by Dennis] found this out first hand when he decided to…
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We'll be launching at 12pm EDT. Let's go! Come and hang out while we talk about Flutter stuff. :)
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happiness is an accurate set of calipers...
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Zelda series is one of my favorites. I'm not normally a fan of printing figurines but this might be an exception.
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Makerinator @makerinator.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The price of modern raspberry pi's is really is counter to the movement they began. It's profoundly frustrating to see such an incredible gateway to the world of electronics become so inaccessible.
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