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Tinkster
Where code meets metal: The hub for hardware hackers.
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Where code meets metal: The hub for hardware hackers.
1 follower
The definitive community for hardware engineers, makers, and hackers. From embedded firmware and AI to CNC machining and custom circuit design.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I’m Anton, a hardware hacker and developer, and the guy behind Tinkster.
For a long time, I felt there was a huge gap in how we share hardware and DIY projects. Software development has countless sleek, modern platforms, but when it comes to the intersection of code and physical hardware—embedded systems, IoT, CNC, and homelabs—the knowledge is often buried in outdated forums, messy PDFs, or videos where you can't copy the code.
That’s why I built Tinkster.dev: Where Code Meets Metal. 🦾
It’s a hub built specifically for engineers, makers, and hackers. Whether you're wiring up an ESP32 voice assistant with AI, programming animatronics, or designing DIY NVMe cooling mods, this is the place to document and discover projects that bridge the digital and physical worlds.
🛠️ The Tech & Hosting (Eating my own dog food): To stay true to the homelab and hacker ethos, Tinkster isn’t hosted on a standard cloud provider. It’s entirely self-hosted on my own hardware—an HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus Microserver. The stack is Next.js + Payload CMS, orchestrated cleanly with Docker Compose (after heavily debating Podman and Proxmox-GitOps!).
💡 What’s Next & What I need from you: I want to turn this from a simple blog into a real workbench. I'm currently exploring interactive features like:
WebGL 3D STL/Gerber viewers right in the browser.
Dynamic BOM (Bill of Materials) calculators with live component pricing.
I’d love your feedback! What kind of tools would make your life easier when following a DIY hardware guide? What do you think of the self-hosted stack? Drop your thoughts, roast my setup, or share your own homelab specs below! 👇
Let's build something cool.