> I don't know if anyone else here is in a similar role, but it doesn't
> sound like there are a whole lot.  I think that my priorities are often
> different from what someone who is designing a commercial project

I routinely make one-offs as either finished articles or production
prototypes. Trust me, getting held up by avoidable faults caused
by missing caps, floating inputs, dodgy soldering, out-of-spec or
stressed components is a tragic waste of time (especially mine)
for everyone involved

People understand that prototypes have (or may have) a degree of
over-engineering and may cost a little more. I would rather cover
all the bases and have it work first time (which I'm pleased to say they
usually do) and then work backwards to see what can be removed
before failure than stuff about for hours or days adding components
to a penny-pinched board until some mysterious fault with an unknown
cause goes away. It's just false economy to be initially stingey

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