[tverbeure]

I'm just surprised that my blog post from almost 6 years ago suddenly made it to the HN front page...

That said: only when I need it the same day and it's not too complicated will I use protoboard. Otherwise it's JLCPCB every time, even if it's just a small debug interface board. I recently bought a cheap wire-wrapping tool and that's so much faster than messing around with enamel wire.

The board that is featured in this blog post was the first prototype of a skunkworks design for work that was on the shelves of Best Buy 7 months later. It was started just a week or two before COVID shutdown. I created PCBs soon after. Another month or 2 later and you'd have had a really hard time getting any PCB out of JLCPCB due to the supply chain disruption.

[peteforde]

This is a blog post that I would love to read. Seriously.

Tell this story!

[tverbeure]

Maybe after I retire. :-)