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ValdikSStoday at 2:15 AM3 repliesview on HN

Oh no, I wasn't, and that's definitely not my comfort zone. I mess with the printers and printing stack due to anger, not because I like it.

It's bugs on bugs, with bugs chasing bugs! So little developers, so complex stack with 25 years of technical debt, and little community around because it's not a sexy technology to be involved in.

That's why I have to dive deep and fix my bugs myself if I want to make it work properly as I would like it to. I also ended up making my own print server device, because China did not make a proper one for some reason for all these years.


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Neywinytoday at 10:48 AM

Hey sadly this stuff doesn't ask for consent when it makes you an expert. Everybody hates printers, only a few make their own print server device

lopistoday at 6:15 AM

Anger is the only valid emotion when dealing with printers.

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edoceotoday at 4:14 AM

That's even cooler

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