Torsten Curdt
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Torsten Curdt
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CTOish person.
Open Source at the ASF.
Building Software Infra Teams.
Worked at soundcloud, joost, gilt, honeypot and others.

Trying to pass on 30y+ of software engineering experience without being grumpy. (Might not always work)

Love sailing!
Shoutout to USB-C for simplifying things.
Now I only need one cable...

...and a tester to check if the cable should actually work.
July 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This sharpening system works similar to the expensive wicket edge. I built two of them. One for my brother and one for me. That was more metal work really though.

The first welding project that came out really good. But manually cutting the threads into the tubes was a nightmare.
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Again a game for the kids - that they loved(!). It's called "sling puck".

Using the CNC (even for the miters) for this was a little overkill. But not having to muck around with tolerances manually was nice.

First time cutting POM plastic.

#cnc #woodworking
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A surprisingly fun game called "cublino" for one of the kids.

This was pretty straight forward. It was surprisingly hard to find good dice.

Creating dice myself - maybe some other time :)

#cnc #woodworking
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A jewellery box for the lady.

Doing the inlay was exciting. Worked out better than expected.

The alu plate was not great to cut. Wrong alloy. But worked out OK.

Work holding was the problem for this project.

#cnc #woodworking
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My niece got an adjustable dog lamp.
This was fun. First 3D carving (for the back of the head).

And integrating with electric or electronics is always fun.

#cnc #woodworking
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Last year my mom got a fruit bowl. That's how it started :)

That was the first real project with the CNC other than the CNC itself.

#cnc #woodworking
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
12M downloads per months is pretty solid for that tiny library I wrote ages ago during a conference hackathon.
Really not sure what happened in Jan though.

These are stats from maven central. #java
November 27, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Back from sailing and suddenly this place is buzzing with people! Cool.

The #rust I was dealing with the past 2 weeks was mainly on stainless steel. Now back to work...
November 22, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Man kann es eigentlich nur noch mit Sarkasmus ertragen.

#Landtagswahl #Thüringen #Sachsen
September 2, 2024 at 8:02 PM