Arduino software vs Arduino hardware

Thanks for bringing up that Adafruit blog post. I didn't remember to include it while writing my article, as I focused it on recent developments in Arduino's software ecosystem, such as the Arduino IDE 2 and the Arduino CLI. Hence the "give it another try".

The current state of open hardware is an important topic on its own, which I'll cover in a next article, including alternatives to Arduino hardware. Note that many of the alternatives, such as Adafruit's boards, are often still used with the Arduino software.