Switching from Arduino IDE to PlatformIO, worth the curve?
Posted: Wed May 13, 2026 3:06 am
Thesis is dragging Arduino IDE to its limits. Library conflicts every other day, autocomplete sucks, dependency management feels like 2008.
Heard good things about PlatformIO. Real questions:
Heard good things about PlatformIO. Real questions:
- Learning curve, gaano katagal bago productive?
- Does the same code run unchanged, or rewrites needed?
- Worth it for one-shot thesis projects, or only pays back on longer-term builds?