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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • If I can offer an alternate perspective…

    By making such concrete plans you may be ceding too much “control” to someone who you don’t yet know will have the same reliance on solid planning or respect for other’s time as you do.

    So, if that’s the case, what can you do about it?

    Plan differently.

    Plan a one hour “date with yourself” that also works for you + a date.

    Example: Make a plan to meet at a coffee shop or cheap bistro near a park… but bring a book/kindle/podcast/homework, or whatever you’d otherwise do on your own.

    If they show, cool, you now have topics to discuss. If things are going well, continue over a walk in the park.

    If they flake, cool, you’ve now got a solid hour to do something you enjoy, in a (hopefully) interesting place, and you’ve done it for cheap… Maybe take yourself on a walk in the park. :)

    Hope that helps a bit.



  • I ran into the same with the “D1 Mini”. The few cases available were expensive for what they were and not a great fit for my needs.

    If you have access to a 3D printer, there are some pretty good models on thingiverse and printables. But YMMV depending on which board you’re using.

    Another possiblity… I wanted to permanently put one in my car, so having some basic protection with the least amount of bulk was important. I ended up buying some shrink tube large enough to go around the entire board (IIRC it was 40mm, 2:1 shrink ratio), got everything wired up, slid the tubing over and shrunk it down. Could probably “double wrap” for more complete coverage. Again, this is board dependent and worked well for the D1 since it doesn’t have pre-soldered pins.

    Cheers!