Missing the nostalgic tactility of VHS? Bring it back with this elegant DIY project using NFC and ESPhome

Nostalgia makes people do crazy things in an effort to rekindle that feeling of warmth from the past. We see all sorts of mods around nostalgic tech, especially for enjoying old media like the swathes of retro consoles I saw at Collect Fest last weekend. A lot of this is about celebrating physical media for the certainty it brings us in ownership, and also for the memories it evokes.

That's not just limited to gaming. Right next to the muscle memory for blowing into a NES cartridge before a game...