Retro-computing is the most promising trend I've seen in the computing tech world. Open source hardware designs based on the RISC-V instruction set, returning

Retro-computing is the most promising trend I've seen in the computing tech world. Open source hardware designs based on the RISC-V instruction set, returning to writing low-level firmware for RISC-V boards, using a low-level language with an open-source compiler, and making that approach the norm for all simple devices, seems to be a huge growth area. Built-in manual overrides, direct access to device internals, the return of knowledge that's on the verge of being lost to so many American consumers, it all looks good to me. Incidentally, this article uses the phrase 'cyberpunk' a lot but that genre is a lot more like 'cybernoir'. Look at for example Jean Pierre Melville films: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/06/the-noirs-of-melville https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/06/the-noirs-of-melville