This is the John Gruber article you're talking about (from May 2019): https://daringfireball.net/2019/05/playdate https://daringfireball.net/2019/05/playdate

This is the John Gruber article you're talking about (from May 2019): https://daringfireball.net/2019/05/playdate https://daringfireball.net/2019/05/playdate I just read the article expecting (based on your tone) to see Gruber making grand predictions about the Playdate being a massive success or having a massive impact. But no, it's very clear in the article that he's just personally excited about it. He doesn't make any grandiose predictions or even really attempt to persuade other people that they should be similarly excited about it. Clearly he just thinks it's neat for a small software company to develop their own affordable consumer electronics hardware. He's even explicit about thinking the product will likely be playing in a relatively small market: "Panic is almost cheating in a way because they’re tiny. The Playdate platform isn’t competing with the state of the art." I don't see any reason to roll your eyes about this one.