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I am a programmer but I prefer physical object business.

During Corona self isolation, I started creating and selling filament:

I documented the journey here: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho...

The price of filament is still going up.

Since selling filament I am working partime, mostly doing maintenance (updates/patches) existing application.

Is this viable in the long term? Why can’t the major plastic manufacturers push you out of business thanks economies of scale and lower prices?

I never think about what will happen in future, tomorrow I might as well fall under the bus and die. Planning way ahead doesn't help me, I just jump into whatever I find interesting then ride the tide till it's no more.

You can also check on YouTube there is a Canadian I think? Company called ProtoPasta which also makes filament in small shop.

Filament market I think, isn't big enough for the large companies to dominate.

And other thing is logistics, I make locally I can offer cheaper rates to local buyers shipping locally.

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