I appreciate the sympathy, really. The thing that I probably regret the most is really the time invested. That's the only thing I can't make up for. Even if I try to look back fondly of the learning experience I'm still severely burnt by it.

What I did in fact learn was to give absolutely tons of respect for people who pull this off. There's a lot of trash talk articles about Peloton and other struggling hardware companies but they have no clue how freaking difficult it is. Now at least I can say I do.

-- Edited for clarity