>While it’s fun that I got to upgrade the parts and make it better. It also cost me just as much money.
Reminds me of the 3D printing hobby, you can buy a cheap printer and spend all your time and money tinkering to make it better, or you can just spend a little more upfront and spend your time printing instead of tinkering.
The espresso folks that like tinkering forget that sometimes someone just wants to have one to drink and then get about their day.
>At some point if I continue investing, I would not be saving money from buying a $3 cup of coffee from the cafe and the awkward barista waiting for me to tap the tip screen.
It'd be interesting if all of these projects online included an ROI statement at the end. I suspect most of them take years to pay off, if at all, if you ignore the entertainment value of tinkering.
Reminds me of the 3D printing hobby, you can buy a cheap printer and spend all your time and money tinkering to make it better, or you can just spend a little more upfront and spend your time printing instead of tinkering.
The espresso folks that like tinkering forget that sometimes someone just wants to have one to drink and then get about their day.
>At some point if I continue investing, I would not be saving money from buying a $3 cup of coffee from the cafe and the awkward barista waiting for me to tap the tip screen.
It'd be interesting if all of these projects online included an ROI statement at the end. I suspect most of them take years to pay off, if at all, if you ignore the entertainment value of tinkering.