https://x.com/pepijndevos/status/1873710154027577669/ This thread captured the raw arrival and first tests of the prototype PCB straight from the fab: unboxing the green mini-ITX board on bubble wrap, admiring the layout with HAT pins, dual HDMI, USB 3.0, Ethernet, M.2-turned-PCIe slot, fan headers, and ATX power connector—silkscreen labels like "Designed with KiCad" and jumpers for eMMC flashing screaming fresh hacker pride. Next day, it slots perfectly into a silver ITX case for a fit check, rear PCIe exposed. Then power-on frenzy: shaky video of soldering the USB-C amid flux smoke and tools, green LEDs lighting up (Ethernet glowing), fans spinning, but eMMC flashing drama—Raspberry Pi docs save it after USB fallback works, imaging the drive for persistent boot. Screenshots of CLI welcomes and network config, with a quick "Life!!!!!" boot terminal. Minor solder woes on USB-C suspected, but PCIe testing queued—80% excitement, 20% dread of a dud.