[Al (astral highway)]

SMD seems an incredible tech advance to me. I am practicing my skills and enjoying the journey. When I consider the reductions in scale of passives as well as switches (esp power MOSFETs) I wonder what the future will look like.

I also note that this down-scaling of size vastly reduces stray inductance particularly and associated problems with circuits operating at colossal switching speeds.

I am curious to know from the experts how mass-production works, including the avoidance of thermal stress during soldering.