Justin Garrison

I do find it interesting that the commercialized spin wasn't even an option for you there. You could have tried to raise money and say, this is going to be a product. I'm going to make a new business out of it. And you have this open core model, paid plugins, whatever you want to do. So many companies do that.

I do find it interesting that the commercialized spin wasn't even an option for you there. You could have tried to raise money and say, this is going to be a product. I'm going to make a new business out of it. And you have this open core model, paid plugins, whatever you want to do. So many companies do that.

And that's how they get started because it was a side project or it was something they're interested in. And for you, it was like, I either abandon it or I do it all community. And that's awesome.

And that's how they get started because it was a side project or it was something they're interested in. And for you, it was like, I either abandon it or I do it all community. And that's awesome.

Now, I don't know if you can go into details, but where does your funding come from? Is that from like recurring businesses that say, hey, we want to pay for you to... No, that's mostly users.

Now, I don't know if you can go into details, but where does your funding come from? Is that from like recurring businesses that say, hey, we want to pay for you to... No, that's mostly users.

Do you know how many installs you have, or roughly how many?

Do you know how many installs you have, or roughly how many?

Yeah, I was gonna say 150,000 opted in. Yeah, that is that is usually a very small percentage of people that are like, yes, I will let you get this information. That's awesome.

Yeah, I was gonna say 150,000 opted in. Yeah, that is that is usually a very small percentage of people that are like, yes, I will let you get this information. That's awesome.

Right. Well, yeah. So if you estimate 10 times more, that's 1.5 million. I could see that. That's totally not even out of realm.

Right. Well, yeah. So if you estimate 10 times more, that's 1.5 million. I could see that. That's totally not even out of realm.

Enterprise Java helping people? I don't know. Sorry, Autumn, no shade.

Enterprise Java helping people? I don't know. Sorry, Autumn, no shade.

A lot of stuff does. When you mix those two words of enterprise and Java, I don't have any good memories.

A lot of stuff does. When you mix those two words of enterprise and Java, I don't have any good memories.

Well, that's just because your variable names aren't sentence long, right?

Well, that's just because your variable names aren't sentence long, right?

So where do you want to bring Octoprint from here? Like, what's the next thing that you would like to do? What is the next sort of like big, like, it's not just, you know, more printers are fine. I mean, I still think that you have influenced that standard of communication by having this early project so long that was be able to, you know, talk to all these printers. You have this plugin system.

So where do you want to bring Octoprint from here? Like, what's the next thing that you would like to do? What is the next sort of like big, like, it's not just, you know, more printers are fine. I mean, I still think that you have influenced that standard of communication by having this early project so long that was be able to, you know, talk to all these printers. You have this plugin system.