i have been a bit down on my gay ipod lately, bc integrating the 'final'-ish mainboard with the faceplate has spawned a bunch of issues that weren't apparent with either part in isolation.

but then i incidentally ended up seeing a thread on the rockbox mailing list where a bunch of people are like "yeah damn an open, esp32 based dap would be freaking sick" and such posts bring me energy

i also felt a bit down having a quick browse at existing similar esp32-based audio projects.

but no, i think my little guy brings a lot to the table. it has a proper case and inputs and the form factor is nice, and a lot of the little touches like usb file syncing will be really nice for usability.

i must persevere!!!

@jacqueline pls do, I'm sitting here watching your updates like 🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨