> embedded software engineering culture being a decade or more behind the rest of software development I'm not sure, because putting the bootloader in EPROM or

> embedded software engineering culture being a decade or more behind the rest of software development I'm not sure, because putting the bootloader in EPROM or NOR has been done on embedded boards for years; it's just rare on mass-manufactured general-use SBCs. I don't know if that's because of BOM, convenience for commercial SBC customers, or just to make it harder to brick the board.