Re:DIY Through Hole Plating of PCBs (2017)
by a1369209993 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:10PM
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> just use a piece of wire instead
Pretty much this. If you can solder though-hole resistors on one side of the board, and you can solder though-hole resistors on the other side of the board, you can line the holes up and solder a trimmed-off resistor lead to both sides. Sure it takes time, but so does soldering through-hole components in the first place.
Usually you want to design your board around this limitation, which is why I generally don't recommend them for people looking to prototype PCBs with the intent of having them professionally manufactured later. IMO their niche isn't really as a replacement for a manufacturing service, more as a quick turnaround tool that lets you make one-off boards as needed.