I have some thoughts about AWS Elasticsearch (namely that it's awful)
https://spun.io/2019/10/10/aws-elasticsearch-a-fundamentally-flawed-implementation/
Lessons from Running a Small-Scale Electronics Factory in my Guest Bedroom, part 2: Assembly
In which Cisco blacklists curl in user-agent strings to 'fix' unauthenticated command injection on some of its devices
One thing in particular strikes me - the "Y" at the bottom-left. It put two of the traces at 45-degree offsets to slightly shorten the length of the trace feeding them and the overall trace length on the board.
It really doesn't just optimize for vias.
Oh snap, a new RISC-V board and MCU
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