Hackers' Pub

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Jeff Triplett @webology@mastodon.social

12/2/2025, 5:29:12 AM

Public

I made a spreadsheet today to track my spools of 3D printer filament. It worked fine, but I also have a barcode scanner, as one does.

So I decided to vibe code a small TUI app with Python and Textual on a Raspberry Pi. My Zero was too slow to build a Rust dependency, so I switched to a spare RPi4 until I sort that out.

Now I can scan my filament boxes with a wireless scanner to add or remove them from inventory. It feels great to use in practice.

Screenshot of a Python TUI application that allows someone to view, edit, and delete spools of filament.

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