TabbedBoxMaker - Future

[paulh-rnd]

Hey everyone,

I started working on TabbedBoxMaker in 2011, after falling in love with a laser cutter at my local makerspace. So much so that I ended up buying a laser cutter myself a few years later when moving away. TabbedBoxMaker became an integral part of many projects, and I'm glad I could help others as well.

TBM has had a lot of changes over the years. Thanks to all those who have contributed, with bug reports, suggestions and PRs - they have all been greatly appreciated! Unfortunately I haven't always been able to respond as promptly as you probably would have liked.

But the time has come to move on - I can no longer look after TBM, as I have sold my laser cutter and don't have time to work on it any more. I'm looking for volunteers to take over this project. @rhuijben, @sillyfrog, @mausmaux, @bkgoodman, @manuelmcd - are any of you interested, given that you have created PRs over the past few years?

I'd be happy to redirect people to your repository, or transfer ownership to you. I only ask that you keep my name in the credits.

Thanks,
Paul

[samanthasmiles]

Paul, Thank you so much for creating this incredible project and allowing access for all. I hope all you’ve given is returned to you many-fold. Sincerely, Jeri @happylabel1 on IG

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[paulh-rnd]

Thanks for your support Jeri!

[rhuijben]

I'm looking at continuing this work in this repository, just not sure how yet.
Still not sure if I want to continue this work in python or move to a different model in C#.

I did some experiments in both directions and still not happy to where things went. So most things are reverted. (It looks like somehow the PR #66 merged contained work that I reverted locally as I found issues with it. I have a much cleaner version of that that doesn't break the world in corner cases :(

[paulh-rnd]

Thanks @rhuijben! I'll get onto that now.