The article discusses the concept of "electrifying the cow path"—applying new technology to existing, suboptimal workflows instead of rethinking processes from scratch. It argues that while incremental improvements can be useful, true innovation often requires redesigning systems rather than just digitizing old habits.
An overheating 10GBASE-T SFP+ module in a home switch was replaced with a Broadcom-based model, fixing link flapping and lowering CPU temperature by about 5°C, though the new module does not report temperature and impersonates a fibre-optic Intel module in its EEPROM.
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