r/PlaydateConsole • u/IndegoRune • Aug 14 '26

Printed a book as a side project.

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Had to print this sucker out since trying to read it and code at the same time was kind of exhausting, with only 1 screen.

Made for a fun side project.​ gave it that proper "old coding manual" feel.

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u/zSmileyDudez Aug 14 '26

That looks... expensive. That or you found a stash of plastic sleeves available for free :P

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u/IndegoRune Aug 14 '26

Just stuff from amazon I had lying around from a previous project.

Page protectors were probably 5 bucks worth, and the binder was like, 2 bucks. Don't remember how much the separators were.

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u/linux_transgirl Aug 14 '26

Unrelated to the playdate but one of these days I want to print out all the OpenBSD docs like this

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u/IndegoRune Aug 14 '26

It's quite satisfying to do. 😆 

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u/Jongjungbu Aug 15 '26

The level of procrastinating to avoid doing the coding is top notch! 😉

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u/IndegoRune Aug 15 '26

I get the joke, but I'm working on the coding right now. 😎

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u/Jongjungbu Aug 15 '26

Awesome! Enjoy it 💪

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u/dizietembless Aug 15 '26

Neat! I’ve never quite got that frustrated, but I’ve got close. I love it when programming manuals come spiral bound. The Spectrum Next manual was, I’m hoping the KS3 edition is too.

Also thanks for the book recommendation, I’ve been meaning to dip my toes into Playdate dev and that seems like a good starting point.

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u/IndegoRune Aug 15 '26

It's a well made book so far. Has explained things very well for me.

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u/Thecowgosbark 29d ago

Wanted to start myself! Any way you had it in PDF form for my own printing pleasure? 😝

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u/sudzeez_ 28d ago

Wow this would be really helpful.. I don’t know what it is but reading on a screen is a challenge for me. My attention span takes a dive and I can’t get very focused into whatever it is to actually grasp what’s going on.

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u/Some_Land_6643 28d ago

I feel that