[makomk]

Modern SMD microcontrollers tend to have pretty fine pin pitches, often in the 1mm ballpark. You really want a proper PCB for those.

[lil1729]

http://www.piclist.com/techref/pcb/manhattan.htm

[toomanybeersies]

I recently soldered a board using a MCU with a 0.5 mm pitch.

[lil1729]

yep, I have done that too, with a third hand and a lens, as I have a bad eye sight.