im fully aware of the mlcc shortages,, that keeps me busy 2nd sourcing these days..
keeping it hidden isn’t that hard when a lot people are complicit in the process ..
oh well, happy circuits !!
The trick is minimizing the number of complicit people. Then you have to deal with the earnest, yet innocent, person that asks, “Hey, what’s this do? Why is this here?”
I recently read an article on included java script libraries, and the hidden garbage therein.