Dávid Lakatos

Had a lot of fun making this fully 3D printed projector for my kids with @formlabs printers

This is my grandfather's (taught Math at BME) PhD student, from Vietnam, talking about the Hungarian Election results and what it means to him. Translated to me by my wife who also happens to be from Vietnam. Life is beautifully complex and random. 🇻🇳 🇭🇺 youtube.com/watch?is=rWALG…

Orange represents illiberal, corrupt anti democratic. I am not sure what blue means yet, but Hungarians after 16 years finally said enough of the orange. I could not be more proud and hopeful for my country in a long time.

Corollary to that for software - if you are interviewing for a software job and you don’t have your own site/GH pages with a list of demos/videos I will be skeptical you are a great fit for Formlabs. Shows you want to ship products not just write code.

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No entity with this low chaos can truly be my buddy

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@BasedDaedalus Real cosplayers take it to the street

just met a cute girl at the wedding i’m at like unreal. face card so crazy my frontal lobe clocked out. i’m talking generational. if symmetry was a startup she just closed series b. we’re vibing. she’s laughing. eye contact locked. i’m farming aura like it’s a full-time job. then coding comes up. she goes “yeah i code” my soul did a hard restart i’m like oh word “what do you build?” she says “mostly vibe-coding rn” and that’s where a normal man would say “that’s fire” and get her number but unfortunately i was built in a lab i go: “ok define vibe-coding” “claude code or codex” “cursor agent mode or raw dogging prompts” “you got git or just vibes” “tests?” “types?” “deploy?” “rollback?” “you read diffs or click accept like a casino addict” she starts laughing like i’m joking i was entering forensic mode. she says “i just use chatgpt and claude and keep asking until it kinda works” i say “works where” she says “like… on my laptop” i say “so localhost cosplay” bro. and i swear to God the violinist in the corner sounded like a system alarm the vibe died instantly DIED flatline. kernel panic. social segfault. full emotional 500 in prod. i try one last save. i go “ok but do you at least push to github” she says “sometimes, i mostly keep stuff on desktop folders” DESKTOP FOLDERS i started dissociating. i could see my ancestors. i could hear linus torvalds screaming in the distance. her friend walks over like “omg are y’all talking tech” and i accidentally say “she said she’s a developer but her stack is claude code, codex, and divine intervention” she goes “wait no i made a website” i said “a figma screenshot with a typeform link is not a website, it is a cry for help” SILENCE. like biblical silence. they walked away. she did not look back. my friend comes over like “bro she was INTO you what happened” i said “she called herself a coder and then described generating a landing page and praying over it” he said “so?” SO??? i’m supposed to build a future with someone whose incident response plan is ‘refresh and re-prompt’??? she had a heavenly face card but an apocalyptic workflow zero tests zero repos zero shame infinite vibes could’ve had her number but she now knows i respect source control and honestly that’s worth more

I am very proud to support Allonic on their journey to build more capable robots and extra happy that they are growing it out of Hungary. This week I am traveling in SF/LA visiting our customers who are in front of this massive change in how products will be made in the future and how we think about automation. For the evolved capabilities of vision and AI system of the last few years the hardware has to evolve at least as fast. I was impressed the first time I saw the prototype from @benedektasi that allows stronger, more compliant and lighter joints for robots. While I am not sold on humanoid robots (why the hell do robots need to follow our form factor??) I am sold on the dexterity of the human hand and that there is a ton to be inspired by it.

Shit that happens when you have unlimited 3D printing in the office

Reddit AMA live with me on r/3Dprinting. Come ask anything about Formlabs/3D printing/etc. reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/c…

@bhalligan The graduate -> kids gap is real. I moved briefly to SF then, realizing I am not cool enough for the bay area and moved back. Also re: successful companies spawning more companies - here is our @formlabs mafia: #gid=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… No need to wait for the spawn for an IPO…

I read through the thread. Four difficult plays that would potentially move the needle for Massachusetts: 1. Convince YC to do a batch a year in Cambridge. (I sent Garry Tan a note) 2. Fix the fun - happy hours, open late, lower liquor license costs 3. Build some f-cking housing. 4. Less focus on Somalis and more focus on students staying around. I see a major problem being that gap between when students graduate and when they are moving to the suburbs raising kids. That gap is where we lose folks - not fun, too expensive.

I’m starting to worry about Massachusetts 1. Biotech is way off from a few years ago 2. Only 1 of the top 50 ai companies are in MA 3. The Fed research funding cuts hitting MIT, Harvard, Whoi are brutal. 4. The millionaires tax is working in the short run, but I know a lot of wealthy folks preparing for a FL move. 5. A glut of empty condos 6. It’s not “cool” for young folks 7. It’s expensive as sh-t. I honestly don’t think the MA/Boston govt can do that much about it as they are kind of macro issues. I give them big credit for working on building more housing and fixing the T, which will help. I’m trying to help w HubSpot, partnering w WHOI, teaching at MIT. I’d like to help more. Specifically I’d like to encourage and help more ai and climate companies in the state. I think ai and climate should be our dual growth engines.

Love the smell of burnt plastic

@connorkapoor @fdotinc Need to get you some more Formlabs gear for all these quotes and new space

Started 2025 by booking a one-way ticket to SF, not sure what I was going to do. > Got invited to a @fdotinc week long sprint in Jan > was working on a kitchen appliance > needed cast parts for prototype kitchen appliance (literally impossible) > recalled my experience at Siemens energy, castings lead to 1MM+ delays and LDs > pivoted to a better quest > Invited back to F Inc, > built and launched the first instant quote tool for casting > founders inc backed me ❤️ > quit my full-time job > moved into a 400 sq ft garage space in March > made my first castings > iterated, relentlessly > raised a few more angel checks > got better at casting > got faster at casting > built custom hardware for casting > continued to build industry-first software > passed $1M+ in quoted volume > raised a venture round > shipped tons of parts > made my first hire > traveled to Boston, New York, Austin, Reno, Salt Lake City, LA & Atlanta (20k miles of travel) > met a ton of amazing founders > passed 2M+ in quoted volume > decided to relocate the business to Austin > LOI in on first factory space (moving soon!) > passed 3M+ in quoted volume 2025 was a fantastic year, these are just the things i can share now, I can't wait for 2026 and the exciting things to share soon!

@OrvilleT3D DM me, would love to hear it

@OrvilleT3D Nice! Let me know how you like it/how we can improve it!

@fidexcode Qbasic

What code editor or IDE do you write your first line of code?

26 days from new @formlabs resin launch to 3D printed final product on the market using Tough 2000. Insane. youtube.com/watch?v=712C0V…

@zanehengsperger Friends always warn me that the memes I use reveal my age

3 orders. 1 truck.

My first interview with Max Lobovsky @MaxLobovsky, cofounder & CEO of Formlabs @formlabs. Formlabs is the most successful 3D printing startup in the United States. Timestamps: 0:07 Why there’s a graveyard of 3D printing companies 0:59 Starting Formlabs 4:31 Being sued by the largest 3D printer company in the world 8:08 Forging a great company culture 11:38 Creating the Form 1 23:41 First fundraising round 28:00 Having a superpower 30:07 Identifying undiscovered talent 33:50 Positioning the company to win 37:59 Raising too much money 45:43 How to deal with problems 48:47 What’s going on in Ukraine 51:08 China becoming a global leader 55:08 Bell Labs

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