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mapontosevenths • today at 1:34 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Why bother with computer use at all? Did you DRC it?

I did this months before that OpenAI demo, and produced a product that many people are using without knowing it was an AI designed PCB.

It ran using kicad completely headlessly from a terminal with a bit of python and DRC'd it in a loop until it passed. I sent it to PCBWay and it worked the first go. It did take a bit, but if you just set a goal and let 'er rip the LLM gets there in the end.

Would a real EE vomit if they looked at it? Maybe. Does it work? Absolutely.


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ryandrake • today at 2:51 PM

I think “it works” is a very low standard for any creative work you set out to do, professionally or as a hobby. Possibly the lowest standard. We should aim higher in all things.

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i2cjak • today at 4:28 PM

the OpenAI folks that worked on this demo include this X account w/ some further tips. https://x.com/0x50484244/status/2110189303418769839?s=20 The future is 100% not computer use in my opinion and experience