Throughout the article I read about the pain caused by static electricity. Yet no efforts to address that directly:<p>1) There exists spray to make floors / carpet less prone to static buildup.<p>2) Air humidity! 30% or 70% makes a lot of difference in how easy static dissipates.<p>3) Don't touch wiring unless absolutely necessary (grab cables by their isolation, use isolated tools to strip wires & screw in terminals, etc). And: wire up all non-ESD sensitive parts before connecting to gpio (vs. connect to gpio & <i>then</i> futz with wiring, hook up leds, buttons, etc).<p>4) Touch a grounding point before doing these things.<p>Even if the floor covering works against you, working ESD safe isn't difficult or expensive. It just requires understanding of the problem.