All the more reason to go modular in development projects!
Go with FTDI basic for programming, promini for the project, ardweeny, RBBB, standalone build for the embedded part.
Something dies, can pare costs back to most likely just replacing the 328 chip.
I think many would benefit from a DIP USB-less board with headers as one option for connecting wires into the final design.
I thought I gave the eagle files for this to someone a while back - wonder what became of that?
Wouldn't be hard to rearrange to fit 50cm x 50cm for iteadstudio's 10 PCBs for $10 deal.
[Edit] as shown below, all thruhole, and autoroutes nicely just needs a little cleanup to get rid of a few vias. 36mm x 50mm
