on the subject of usb-c have you seen pcb-only usb ports? scribe the right sigils into your circuit board design program and choose the right thickness and you can just plug a cable straight into your pcb with no port hardware

i ❤️❤️❤️ hacks like this

pictured here in @deshipu's fluff m0 project https://hackaday.io/project/171381-fluff-m0

invented by juan jesús pinuaga https://github.com/Pinuct/Eagle_PCB_USB_connectors/