How hard is to make a PCB? Ep pilot: Why do it?

Absolute N00b at hardware!

But how hard can it be? With all the breakout boards, online tools, tutorials and what not?

• Is the bar lowered?
• Do I need to know all kind of "black magic" that nobody speaks about?
• How many failures does it take to do sth in hardware?

This is a series where I try to replace the mess of wires in my home automation with copper traces on a PCB.

This is where I described my HA: https://odysee.com/@ml-visoft:d/08_homeautomation_rants:8

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