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0 pointsmarkrages2y ago0 comments

> one of the industries greatest hardware designers

Is this meant sarcastically?

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andrewstuart2y ago· 3 in thread

>>Is this meant sarcastically?

No I don't mean it sarcastically, why do you ask? Do you not see Lady Ada as a shining light of the industry?

Lady Ada is one of the industry's greatest hardware designers and I would value her opinion on this.

If you don't know who she is, her name is Limor Fried and she founded AdaFruit.

I don't have current stats but from 2016: Revenue US$45 million (2016)[1] Number of employees 105

Front page of Make Magazine:

https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/05/08/limor-ladyada-fried-on-...

Front page of Wired:

https://www.wired.com/2011/03/wired-magazines-cover-features...

Front page of Smore magazine:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3920

Front page of Hackspace:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/adafruit/40061387915

markragesOP2y ago

By "industry" you mean "electronics hobbyists"?

MSFT_Edging2y ago

Adafruit breakouts, libraries, and other various components are often leveraged at early prototype stages in general industry.

That is unless all you do is high speed FPGA work and that's all you consider to be "industry".

andrewstuart2y ago

I oh see you are wanting to diminish her capabilities for some reason.

I'm not interested buddy, you can take your sneering elsewhere until you show me the multi million dollar company you have created, the hundreds of commercial quality boards you have designed and sold for real money, the driver software you wrote to make them usable and the industry accolades you have received - on merit.

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