I use both for different purposes. Gentoo’s feature flags are the reason I wait for compiles, but only for computers a touch the keyboard with. Everything else gets Arch.
Certainly looks like UPDI pads. I have update the firmware on other kinds of flashlights with similar pads. You can try to connect with a test command without trying to reflash. Here is a lot of information on the topic: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/anduril-flashlight-reflash-reference/216942
I thought it was 231231
Or be the same but cheaper, but yes inertia is huge at the difference in market share