He started a computing REVOLUTION—then the shortage hit
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it to explain why Pi supply favored business customers during the shortage, straight from a founder.
What it is
Jeff Geerling interviews Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton about the Pi shortage, the RP2040, RISC-V, the Sony investment and the origin of the name.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2023 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends lvturner · 2023-06 · on “”
There's a great interview with Eben Upton that explains a lot of this, including what "Business customers" actually are (i.e. mostly mom and pop style enterprises) [this video]
Recommends PointedDreams · 2023-07 · on “Tell HN: Digikey has 1822 Pi4 8GB in stock”
This interview with one of the founders from Jeff Geerling was quite insightful, definitely check it out if you haven't already! [this video]
Cites nyanpasu64 · 2023-06 · on “Configure a Raspberry Pi as a USB Device”
They've chosen to prioritize selling to businesses ordering hundreds of Pis for field-deployed devices, over individual hobbyists ordering single-digit quantities for tinkering and hacking ( [this video] ).
Cites nyanpasu64 · 2023-08 · on “E-scooter company Spin apparently uses Raspberry Pi 4s as part of their vehicles”
I'm still upset that Raspberry Pi was focused on ensuring institutional customers (like these electric scooters) could order thousands of Pis, while leaving hobbyists trying to order single-digit quantities scrambling through years-long waiting lists and listings which get snapped up in seconds ( [this video] ).