Same! In fact there's an entire subreddit devoted to the idea of very specialized tools [0]. There is one example that is still firmly lodged in my head from t

Same! In fact there's an entire subreddit devoted to the idea of very specialized tools [0]. There is one example that is still firmly lodged in my head from the labs in my electonic engineering degree. It was this big box with a nice keypad, a screen that could display a few characters, and a big handle to lock in place the integrated circuit you wanted to test. You would slot it in, pull the handle, then type the ID numbers of the particular IC. If it was functioning as expected, the screen would say something like "OKAY" and that was all this thing did. Truly magical! On further googling and reflection I'm now not so sure about how big the handle was, but the machine was something like [1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/specializedtools/top/ https://www.reddit.com/r/specializedtools/top/ [1] https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Digital-IC-tester-digital-integrated-circuit-measuring-testing-instrument-YBD-868-Y/32886776911.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Digital-IC-tester-digital-in...