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Niek Blankers' retrospective describes a production crunch with hundreds of PCB revisions, a first supplier that could not deliver, and a rapid PCBWay rescue to get boards made before camp.

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production crunch · team retrospective · historical

SHA2017 is remembered as successful, but its production story still shows the logistics risk behind ambitious camp badges.

Badge
SHA2017 Badge
Category
production crunch
Severity
major
Confidence
team retrospective
Status
historical
Timeframe
pre-event production
Source note
Niek Blankers SHA2017 badge retrospective.

Evidence

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Evidence Sources

Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

SHA2017

Primary documentation and volunteer credits.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

GitHub / Badge.Team · retrieved 2026-05-15

appfs module

Application filesystem module referenced from the SHA2017 wiki.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

Hack42 · retrieved 2026-05-15

WebUSB

WebUSB installer path referenced by Badge.Team-era install docs.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

SHA2017 wiki · retrieved 2026-05-15

Badge/Documentation

Primary event-wiki source for hardware, software, WebUSB, appfs, driver, and production details.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge

media.ccc.de · retrieved 2026-05-15

SHA2017 Badge

Public badge talk listing Niek and Sebastius as speakers.

Badge: SHA2017 Badge