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OH BY THE WAY, if anyone has any feedback on my English or German instructions for Sensor Watch, I’m super open to it. Printing them this week in the hopes of packing them with the first 400 boards by Friday. (the format is small: 8.5"×3.5", only way I could fit them in the bag.)
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Replying to @josecastillo
you do the work til the work is done.
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workstation → ship station. Temperature sensor boards today; 100 down, 300 to go.
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Could multiple stab wounds mean shorter lives? A new study on puppies by Dr. Mehmet Oz says: it’s possible. https://twitter.com/Blanjipan/status/1568414485311885323
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Replying to @Gabe_Ochoa
Yeah, my focus is on the accounting piece, but I’m realizing I need a system that handles both. My main goal is to have accurate books for my tax person at the end of the year, and I’m getting the sense that a proper valuation of inventory might be, y’know, important…
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Replying to @Gabe_Ochoa
It’s called Manager, and it’s seeming ideal for my business. Integrates both accounting and inventory features, as well as a “Production Orders” feature that handles turning components into gadgets and tracking COGS in great detail. I like it so far! https://www.manager.io
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Replying to @MarkKomus
it is _ever_ so tiny! https://twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1351747787671687168
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Replying to @_ColeMurray and @MakeAugusta
It’s off the shelf, free if run locally or $50 a month for a hosted instance. I only discovered it recently and I love it for a small business my size. The documentation is phenomenal. https://www.manager.io
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Replying to @MakeAugusta
it’s just funny because I read the examples for this feature and thought “lol, no chance I’m going to be needing that!” and then days later I’m using it to print an insert for the box I sent y’all.
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Replying to @bradanlane and @jasoncoon_
haha! In truth the workshop stuff is all at home in the garage. Aside from a few panels of temperature sensors I still need to assemble, most of the work for the rest of the year is in packing, shipping and paperwork. All stuff that’s well-suited to the office.
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Replying to @josecastillo
with this new tool, I have gained a new superpower.
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earlier I had to send some parts to @MakeAugusta for the final Sensor Watch run and I was like “dang I wish my inventory system had a method for doing this” and OH LOOK IT DOES! What a fortuitous turn of events! Now I can track which parts are here and which are out in the world.
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pssh. https://twitter.com/MacRumors/status/1567651453313126400
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is it your employer paying you just what they agreed to, and not going above and beyond?
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Replying to @Gabe_Ochoa
Mercifully, no! Also no red Swingline stapler… yet.
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Replying to @_initrd and @curiouswendell
tbh there are a surprising number of acute angles on my floor
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Replying to @curiouswendell
But seriously, in the near term it’s my workspace for kitting and packing Sensor Watch boards, and a quiet spot for _dayjob work. I have some Open Book stuff planned for later this year as well, but those two are the immediate need.
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Replying to @curiouswendell
ha I suppose it’s the Oddly Specific Office!
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Replying to @_initrd
There’s a parking garage below if you look too close, but otherwise it’s quite verdant! And you can see the storms roll in from the north, which is lovely.
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moved in to some new office space in san antonio today and felt so excited that i celebrated by expensing a new mousepad with my company logo. Brooklyn it is not, and here in my late 30s I can’t believe I’ve voluntarily Office Space’d myself. Still: here I am, and this can work.
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RT @georgemporter: @thmichailidis ┏┓
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If it’s anyone but Jon McNaughton, I’m going to be deeply disappointed. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1567541979386355712
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Replying to @kfury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTme7k5sV-o
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Replying to @Hec_Garrido
Alas there’s no way to modify the stock movement to do that; it’s a very specific board and chip that can only do the things it can do. Still, good news: my Sensor Watch board fits inside the F-91W, and you could absolutely code up a watch face to do that! https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-watch
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with free cycles after midnight I’m flirting with updating my personal website. adding some context to an ancient (ca. 2009) project and found myself ending a sentence with the phrase “Twitter, which was at the time new and cool.”
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y’all.
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Replying to @tahnok
I did not; it’s this software called Manager, which is really customizable and has a lot of options. Some of their guides describe things like a production line turning pulp into paper into books, but you can also just invoice hourly consulting. I like it! https://www.manager.io
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Replying to @josecastillo
also I’m going to take a moment to brag on my new accounting/inventory system. I can now track parts coming in, the production orders that turn them into gadgets, invoicing for payment and even printing pack lists, which deducts finished gadgets from inventory. I LOVE ACCOUNTING!
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Weekend project: restock. Depaneled, tested and packed 100 LCD FeatherWings, which even as we speak are on the way to @adafruit for your low-power Feather projects! Thanks to @MakeAugusta for the PCBA on this one: out of 100 boards tested, all 100 passed QA — a 100% success rate!
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Replying to @josecastillo
like this feels like software written by one iconoclastic engineer with a deep, monastic devotion to seeing the numbers find balance, whereas quickbooks feels like software written by a bunch of engineers locked in separate rooms in basement (probably by some accountants)
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doing more work in my accounting software and as I read the guides, I can’t shake the feeling that the folks who wrote this software _really_ love accounting. https://www.manager.io/guides/9181
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Replying to @tannewt, @AlpenglowInd and @MakeAugusta
I caught that moment in your @circuitpyshow interview — moving from building things to building a things business — and all I could think was
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Replying to @JeremySCook
hey sorry I missed this message! I wish I could; alas, I’m short on units right now and trying to make sure that every last one that I manufacture in the near term goes to the backers who are waiting for the device. Once the second manufacturing run is finished though, I’m down!
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Replying to @josecastillo
Battery test, day 300: 2.85 volts. With 65 days left to validate its “year-long battery life”, I’m again cautiously optimistic that this old, less efficient firmware will make it to the finish line. New firmware looking GREAT tho: day 195, steady at 3.08 volts. The state of play:
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Replying to @matteo_milandri
Odoo looks amazing, but sort of staggeringly expensive for a one-person manufacturing operation. How hard is to to self host? I’d hate to have to become my own sysadmin, I have enough on my plate 😬
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Replying to @bradanlane and @MakeAugusta
I sincerely googled that before I figured out what you did there.
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Replying to @AlpenglowInd and @MakeAugusta
Wow, I am really glad my last parts for Sensor Watch came in; it would be a nightmare to have to carry three fourths of a production run into the new year. Why do we do this to ourselves!
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Replying to @AlpenglowInd and @MakeAugusta
(or i’ll realize that i really probably need to talk to an accountant, lol)
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Replying to @AlpenglowInd and @MakeAugusta
But that is, like, the reality of it, right? like if at the end of the year I’m still holding 100 gadgets that cost me $1000 to make, I can’t realize the costs until they’re sold, because they’re still an asset? It feels shitty, but if that’s how I have to account for it I will…
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Replying to @MakeAugusta
This is Manager, the software I’ve been using this weekend to grok my production so far this year: https://www.manager.io/guides/7767
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Replying to @MakeAugusta
I’m really confused. This software really wants me to treat all materials for manufacturing as inventory, but I think that may have to do with the accrual method of accounting (which, as a small business, I don’t _have_ to use). Gah. I just want to make sure I’m doing this right.
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Replying to @MakeAugusta
Because in the end when I do sell the gadget, I finally realize the costs: the BOM cost $X, I sold it for $Y, now I’ve turned the inventory back into cash. At least that’s how I think accounting is supposed to work? I wonder if every Etsy business out there is doing all of this…
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Replying to @MakeAugusta
The thing that cooks my noodle is that when I buy LEDs, it’s not an expense, it’s a transfer (turns cash into inventory). Then I turn that and some other stuff into a gadget, which is… still inventory? Eventually I sell it, but it feels like I need to track parts, not just SKUs.
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Replying to @josecastillo
100%. Also, I’ll share this outside the circle once I’m ready to ship — I’m a few days ahead of the paperwork on this one — but today’s failure rate on boards was 0%. 100 depaneled, 100 tested, 100 passed QA. Thanks @MakeAugusta!
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Replying to @frivolous_circs
Hmm I don’t know! In my case I’m trying to avoid getting on the QB wheel, so I’m hoping to commit to a tool that does both. Mostly I’m interested in tracking and reporting the finances accurately, which was getting complicated in my own excel hell. 🙃
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Replying to @frivolous_circs
I recently started using this software called Manager (free, runs locally in an app) and it seems flexible enough to handle both bookkeeping for my hourly consulting work, and stuff like inventory, sales and production orders. Stoked on it so far! https://www.manager.io/guides/11111
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RT @ajbauer: The problem with equating political disagreement with epistemological crisis — “unity,” becomes associated with creating a sta…
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Question for anyone who runs a business making objects: what do you use for bookkeeping and inventory tracking? Started plugging my purchases and production runs into a thing, and it’s mind-bending to finally get a proper sense of things; wondering what tools folks love for this.
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Replying to @josecastillo
50%
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Resupply.
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