Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Mack Reed is a veteran startup technologist, recovering journalist, builder of musical instruments, Burner, and hopelessly hacky maker who wouldn't know a close tolerance unless he got his fingers caught in it, which has happened more than once. You can find Mack on Twitter and Instagram @mackreed.