Unlocking 25 Gigabit/S on 10 GbE Direct Attach Copper

Very cool! Also cool to see inside. It really is directly attached with nothing in between, I honestly wasn't expecting there to be NOTHING in the signal path.

> In a sense, it’s a revolutionary way of how to network — it separates the “what” from the “how”. To be fair: that revolution already happened over 20 years ago

How quickly we have forgotten about AUI (Attachment Unit Interface)

That was a very eye-opening post, full of very interesting details on how modern wired networks work, between NIC and the physical layer... so many mysteries about SFP black magic just falled into place in my head...

Super brilliant! Great work. I could have used this when a vendor sent me cables that had incompatible codes on both ends.