In my opinion breadboards can't die soon enough. Too many new engineers think they can use them for prototyping circuits where the parasitic of the breadboard m

In my opinion breadboards can't die soon enough. Too many new engineers think they can use them for prototyping circuits where the parasitic of the breadboard make it entirely unsuitable. Low noise amplifiers, high speed designs, switching power supplies are all terrible applications for breadboard designs. And SMT is basically impractical on breadboards, which limits options far too much. With the advent of cheap plot and go board shops about 20 years ago and the more recent explosion of unbelievably cheap Chinese vendors, there's just no reason to waste time between sim and layout. The era of the breadboard is over and has been for some time now. I think there's still a little room for them in education and hobby design, but even there it should be a fleeting use as students learn the better way.