Fun fact: the hardest thing about #synthDIY and DIY electronics is not soldering (takes practice but most folks can do it) or knowing how electronics work (a lot of it can be approached like building LEGO or following a recipe).
The hardest part about DIY electronics is the fit and finish. (Not even aesthetics or an intuitive UI, though that’s all hard too!)
Just getting it all in a box such that it’s enjoyable to use and not in danger of falling apart.
@jepyang I've yet to design something from scratch so I have no experience making a nice usable package for one's thingy.
I think troubleshooting is the hardest part. After reflowing all the joints, taking measurements that looks reasonable, looking for polarity errors and or sketchy components and then still having some weird fucking problem still persisting - I'm completely at a loss. Luckily, it doesn't happen all that often but god damn it's frustrating when it does happen.
@symmetrizer@jepyang so like with coding (I’ve spent so much time in utter despair trying to find out why my thing doesn’t work, only to realize I’ve made a slight typo somewhere). I feel like if debugging code is already this frustrating, troubleshooting diy electronics must be on a whole other level.
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