Posts by ptorrone@toad.social
 (DIR) Post #B2Fhei04GyUK3kHEie by ptorrone@toad.social
       2026-01-13T19:47:00Z
       
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       @discatte anyone here can email me or stop by any live chat and ask limor and i anything about this - happy to show our work. sparkfun is now the exclusive seller of the closed source teensy and that's that, so we're making an open source version. sparkfun's founder nate, specifically,  (and a former employee) have issues with limor, or me, and when i reported it to their team, they said we cannot by teensy, so either way - open source is on the way.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Fi9qzStgN8v3qWMy by ptorrone@toad.social
       2026-01-13T19:52:39Z
       
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       @discatte sparkfun does have things adafruit does not carry like ai jetson nano thing https://www.sparkfun.com/special-categories/best-sellers.html
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HNf7jL00SR5pIA4W by ptorrone@toad.social
       2026-01-14T15:07:17Z
       
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       @geerlingguy @adafruit i posted this on hackernews - hi, phil here — post on adafruit here: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/discontinuing-the-teens...i’ll stop back and answer anything (sparkfun will not?).sparkfun is the exclusive maker and distributor of the closed-source teensy and informed us we will not be able to purchase the teensy. this happened after i sent an email reporting the founder, nate, for multiple harassing actions directed at limor, including behavior by him and a former employee.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HNfCuVjtMl9vYegK by ptorrone@toad.social
       2026-01-14T15:07:31Z
       
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       @geerlingguy @adafruit instead of addressing that, they decided to kill the messenger, me, and also cut us off from teensy.so! instead of posting weirdo "code of conduct" letters, we are doing an open-source alternative. so customers are not stranded, and this is not a supply chain emergency for us. looking forward to seeing which one delights customers more.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HNfIMLTpbO3hcSGG by ptorrone@toad.social
       2026-01-14T15:07:38Z
       
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       @geerlingguy @adafruit as much as nate wants to continue trying to damage limor’s business and adafruit by scraping our site, and now potentially not paying royalties owed after more than a decade of consistent payments, that’s nothing new. it’s a business strategy to cut others out, not a mystery or a “private drama.”
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HNfO1ePgc5dFz0q0 by ptorrone@toad.social
       2026-01-14T15:07:45Z
       
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       @geerlingguy @adafruit this is exactly why we do open source. when a closed product or exclusive channel is used as leverage, the correct response is to remove the leverage.sparkfun chose to publish a vague public accusation. once you do that, speculation is inevitable.ask away!