I came across a really ugly and badly engineered PCB the other day and it prompted me into coming to the same conclusion: http://41j.com/blog/2016/09/ugly-solu

I came across a really ugly and badly engineered PCB the other day and it prompted me into coming to the same conclusion: http://41j.com/blog/2016/09/ugly-solutions/ http://41j.com/blog/2016/09/ugly-solutions/ If the engineering solution is good enough (for the customer) there are other things that matter more, mostly marketing, sales and customer support.