4 ms·
Hi, author here. It's not about business (or being bought). It's about my hobby. This is the email they sent me: --- Your BurgerDisk project is an ingenious
by colinlm 6mo ago
Hi, author here.
It's not about business (or being bought). It's about my hobby. This is the email they sent me:
---
Your BurgerDisk project is an ingenious way to modernize Apple II storage, showcasing your expertise.
This is Emily from PCBWay. I'd like to sponsor your projects with free PCB prototyping.
A brief review would be appreciated in return.
Would you be interested?
---
This is my reply:
---
OK, why not, as long as my review is my own and honest :) What is the budget ?
---
I then published my post without them pre-screening it. It's a honest, factual review about how it goes to have PCBWay make an assembled PCB. They didn't even ask me to share it on any social media.
What I got out of it is a few hours of fun (because this is my hobby) routing a (rather simple) PCB, and a batch of twenty modules that I didn't have to use my pocket money for.
This is all. Don't overthink it.
I do sell my device. It's mostly as a service to the community members who don't have the equipment, time or skill to assemble it themselves, as it is a free software, open hardware project; it's not going to replace my salaried job in any foreseeable timeframe, and it's not the goal.
Hope that clears things up,
Colin