Comment by gitroom
7 months ago
this is super lit! i always mess up watering and stuff, so seeing you build all this around your plants kinda gives me ideas - you think all this tech actually changes how connected you feel to the whole growing thing?
It sits on my desk right next to where I work every day, and it looks kinda sci-fi,
I was motivated by Star Trek a lot when I was very young, and having some futuristic bit of tech beside me while I work (that I created) reminds me that we are all working towards building that future, even just symbolically.
Building this gave me utter joy at learning CAD, figuring out electronics problems, understanding difficulties 3D printers have, finding electronic components here in NZ, figuring out bugs while typing commands like “restart sunlight” was amusing.
The final product is really just a byproduct and reminder, the primary source of joy is the act of creation