It's so great to see this: > I took my first baby steps in Blender back in 2017 I believe I took mine in 2001-2002. Coincidentally, this was my introduction t

It's so great to see this: > I took my first baby steps in Blender back in 2017 I believe I took mine in 2001-2002. Coincidentally, this was my introduction to the concept of "open source" software. The idea that such a powerful tool could be completely and irrevocably free was just absolutely mind blowing. And it allowed me to create the sort of precise, intricate things that were inaccessible in any other way as I, as an 8th-grader, had not yet accumulated any machine tools. Glad to see this program is still going strong.