Long before the slew of 3D printer networking companies to come onto the scene this year was OctoPrint, an open source solution for making your 3D printer wireless. RepRappers and Makers have been turning to the cloud-based 3D printer management tool to control their machines with Raspberry Pis modules, network them over the web, and watch them print via webcam for some time. Unfortunately, OctoPrint was run entirely by one person, Gina Häußge, while working a full-time job. Despite cutting her work hours to support her passion, Häußge found herself dealing with community issues, troubleshooting, and fixing bugs when she was working on OctoPrint. This left little time for Häußge to come out with new improvements to the beloved software.…
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