To celebrate our "crystal anniversary," here's a collection of the stories, blog posts, products and adventures from 15 years of making crazy things.

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Is there a “right” way for an open project to go closed?

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Project Fails

Mistakes happen in making, even (especially?) to pros.

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Let's look at how we streamlined the hiring process in our Software dept.!

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Let's talk the whats, whys and hows of how you end up with a red box at the end of the day.

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ESP8266 + Cayenne = <3

The Thing is the first non-LoRa board officially supported inside myDevices’ Cayenne IoT project builder!

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You Know You're a Maker When...

Enjoy this compilation of relatable answers from the SparkFun team

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Community Project Excellence

Check out some of the impressive work from our Community Partners!

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We use 0603 SMD packages but the electronics world uses much smaller sized components.

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SparkFun: Start Something

A celebration of our community, and the reason we're here

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Community Partnership Program

We give you stuff. You give us stuff. Everyone wins!

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Holiday Shipping Guidelines

Well, they're more like rules...

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If you order batteries from us, you'll want to read this.

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The Special Edition SIK

Or, what happens when you literally break the mold.

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SparkFun's 2016 Customer Survey Results

Your performance has been adequate.

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Let's welcome Glenn Samala to his crazy new family.

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Almost Free Day Recap

It went as planned, almost.

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NCWIT's Pacesetter Program

Making strides in workplace diversity

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We want to educate everyone. That means helping the government when they ask.

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