https://vinnyslist.com/writing.htmlResearch and notes from building Vinny's List.en-usSat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://vinnyslist.com/writing/american-jlc.htmlhttps://vinnyslist.com/writing/american-jlc.htmlSat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Every few years someone decides to build the American JLCPCB. Fourteen reasons they keep failing, and what to build instead.https://vinnyslist.com/writing/365k-manufacturer-records.htmlhttps://vinnyslist.com/writing/365k-manufacturer-records.htmlTue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000A public dataset of 365,245 active U.S. manufacturers lies in three specific, fixable ways. Once you correct for them, the picture of American manufacturing that emerges is concentrated, rural, and legibly traceable to specific 20th-century optimization patterns.