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One-page cheat sheet: I want to build X — which board should I buy?
Appendix to the Open Hardware Selection Handbook. A quick board reference for 12 common scenarios: scenario first, constraints second, board last — plus three beginner questions and a checklist of things you only learn after buying.
The right order for board selection: scenario, constraints, then the board
Chapter 1 of the Open Hardware Selection Handbook. Why does your dev board gather dust? Because your selection order is backwards. A two-minute reasoning method that makes sure the board you pick can actually finish the project.
Don’t Build a Harvesting Business: Four Paid-Knowledge Models and the Compounding Alternative
A structural breakdown of how Shengcaiyoushu, Qunxiang, Shen Ge and Xingdong Jiaoyu make money, six observable traits of exploitation-style offers, and a four-layer revenue model that actually compounds for a solo content site.
I Built an Entire Website by Hand with AI
A full retrospective on zouic.com from idea to launch: human-AI division of labor, deployment pitfalls, IP cleanup and monetization decisions. Published on Xiaobot.
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