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ssl-3 - phil from adafruit, [email protected] if email is easier, ladyada and i will both read it.

the blocking of automated attacks or purchase attempts wasn't aimed at you. when a scarce part is in stock here cheaper than everywhere else, scripts that some human decided to go after us with, show up and try to clear the store before a human person can click buy when it's in stock, first fix is a blunt instrument, then filing it down. your bot getting through is the filing working, good to know, most people only post when it's broken. most people are only complaining, most people. but you, us, and others, are not most people - we work here.

you bought the widget elsewhere, fair, that's what comparison shopping is for, is there is a personal axe to grind, could probably help with that too. we'd still like to know where the price, stock, or a spec buried three clicks deep. we can fix just about anything, you can help us.

if you've got a project that keeps stalling on tooling instead of the idea, send that too and ladyada and i will look at it as a problem to solve, and share the results, like we always do. if the answer is nothing adafruit makes, that's a useful answer. and next time the site snags your setup, tell us exactly where.

today is circuitpython day too, it's taken almost 10 years for being able to do anything i want in less than 5 minutes to get started, and then i can spend as much time on the best parts.

update jun 3, 2026

Before issuing any public response, and before involving the press - Limor wrote directly to Flux’s founder, Matthias Wagner. Not through lawyers. Founder to founder.

She proposed: a podcast of his choosing, open questions and answers, with the community watching and taking part. She offered to keep Phil off the podcast.

Her words:

“Before we both spend lots of time and money embroiled in a legal dispute, I would like to explore with you a way to reconcile things and perhaps turn this into a positive… adults with good intentions can work together and solve them… Cooler heads can prevail and we could set a good example for the community, building a future together where everyone can make and share electronics.”

She followed up the next day, again.

That offer stands. We would still rather build than litigate, and we would still rather talk in the open. We think that is how this should work - between two companies who both believe anyone with a browser should be able to make electronics, we can set a good example together.

We will update the community, and will still look forward to sharing our story.

- ladyada & pt

new "altaccount2026" only posting twice, today, about this. we are very much looking forward to sharing our story, very very soon.

if you "altaccount2026 " really want a twitter archive of my photos of my kids, puppets, links to my articles, posts, and more, it may be available on some archiver.

we are very much looking forward to sharing our story.

[email protected] for inquires ...

limor and phil here, we would 100% welcome it, looking forward to telling our story very soon - pt & limor

new empty "altaccount2026" with only this post, hi.

please email [email protected] , limor and i are looking forward to telling our story very soon - pt & limor

hi everyone, phil and limor here, any questions for now, email [email protected]

limor and i are very much looking forward to telling our story.

"one dude's little devboard company" ... that "one dude" is limor fried, who's been shipping open hardware since 2005, and before that from her MIT dorm room...

webserial in firefox happened because a bunch of people and companies, adafruit included, shipped code, fixed bugs, made open hardware, and did the standards grind.

clicking the name/link of the comment (kotaKat) ... defending right-to-repair, foss, anti-drm, anti-walled-garden.

someone ships open source hardware and software that work together... and you shit on it.

join in and tinker, share code and projects ... or stay addicted to being miserable. if you cannot see this as a positive, nothing will ever be.