Sawstops are expensive and they don't stop kickback, they are the power tool equivalent of alignment IMO.

Don't forget your riving knife and if you don't learn proper technique, you're gonna have a bad time eventually. This applies to AI as well.

> writhing knife

Minor/pedantic, but it’s “riving knife”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riving_knife

Kickback is usually less likely to sever an appendage (or multiple)