Weird/Niche/Expensive Tech/dev tools

[Joe London]

I was just browsing Reddit, and I saw this https://mcci.com . The company seems to make usb and iot dev tools, and some of them look a little.... overpriced. And the ones that don’t look overpriced look downright funky. I’ll be honest, I don’t have a clue what 90% of the words on the site mean, but a tiny 800 dollar USB-C switch in a blue laser cut acrylic housing, seems a tad absurd imo. I’m sure that somewhere in the chain the price is justified.... probably...

Anyway. Some of the weirder and highly specific tools, seem like the kind of thing that Linus would appreciate making a video explaining the purpose of and why it’s so expensive (maybe Bc manufacturing volume is so low?). But if not, maybe some of the comments on this post will clear things up. 

[Bombastinator]

One thing I notice is it’s thunderbolt4 and  considers thunderbolt3 an “older protocol”. 
 

You have to go 3 layers deep in the website to even see prices.  The saying is with resteraunts without prices on the menus that if you have to ask you can’t afford it. 

[Murasaki]

Some of the tools' design are giving me a retro vibe. 

 

oh and this btw 

 

[Drama Lama]

Rule: if it’s used for „ pro „ work then it’s going to be a bit pricier