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may be you have to put a lot of hot air next to the Pico or Wifi or Puck on a big board a thick fat ceramic resistor across + and - and sell it for... you know: where no costs on acquiring and operating, no pain and gain - impression is it called (With cars it is: Nothing can replace displacement!... except TESLA... Nothing wrong with Muscle cars - @Gordon, did you not do such things in your past? ...do you still do it?... but after washing the hands, fine (French) dining is an excellent (hybrid) combination.
I'm amazed how much tinkering time goes into opportunity cost to try to beat something by a few £ (GPB) or $ (USD)... by standing on a giant shoulder ground without having had to pay for it... But it is still an inspiring challenge...
Btw, keep your coins save in Fr (CHF)... you will get it later... (not working for me: I'm by US imposed Freedom Bank Rules and Treaties with CH (Banks?) forbidden to have as a Swiss citizen a (CHF) Bank account at a Swiss Bank in my home Country... actually it is not really the rules... I just do not have enough coins to comply with and pass the lower limit... and of course, there is no upper limit... not helpful either).
I wonder why there is something like the PADI from Pine64.org for $1.99... to buy. May be it is a 8266-clone custom ordered in orbitant high numbers... but it is silent about how easy you get code done... SW development falls back into middle ages... for things it has not really to do it. The maker space is not looking for more and harder C/C++... - impressive though the 30mA for Wifi... just don't know the test/measurement conditions.
I know that PINE46 kickstarter was a killer - AND (close to) KILLING - success (on the good side: PINE64 hired private China Post postal worker to get the shipment done... on the not so fun side: dead threats and police protection from inpatient pledgers got mentioned in the communication... not so fun language was the least to worry). I do not know how things moved on, but more recent is a board out - ROCK64 - that for sure cannot live anymore of less than 500mA, as one of the kill factors were in the kickstarter... Burning nKmA is just more the same of Raspberri Pi #+ (sure may be better, but not as popular... yet). As long (large) investments flow into this booming MC business until the thinning sets in due to ROI not happening, more jungle book episodes are to be expected. Not the first time in history big orgs buy the market with lots of money for an inferior product -
with success (How about the I.. 8088 PC?). Took quite quickly the markets abut catch up on technology tock a few decades (including overcoming the stand-up commedy worthy P fdiv Episode.
Anyway... was a bit a ramble (and it goes on for a bit more).
I stick to my few things - horses - that serve me well and leave fashion to others... they will reshow anyway... in circle cycles... Yes, once in a while I renew my wardrobe too.. but I keep my 'gatlings' and 'winchesters'... just as Swiss' have some nice blank and capable metal standing next to the hanging and neatly folded cloths.
JS was declared dead by some large corporations around Y2K... and guess what: like Java and its robust VMs run under the hood, so runs JavaScript and its matured VMs as 'dessous' under many fancy, shiny client AND server 'prêt-à-porter' apparel... (Honi soit qui mal y pense!). Just to notice, Java disappeared form the client (except on power mobiles)... and even then, many just send to/create on the devices HTML with embedded JavaScript to show affordable and maintainable UX/life.