Re:Show HN: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code
by lelanthran on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:42AM
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> Because every CAD, which has traditionally been dominated by commercial solutions invents their own file format for lockin.
This doesn't really explain why creators of new CAD programs (Horizon and LibrePCB are new) invent new data formats.
We've seen time and time again, in every digital domain ever invented, that the most important thing is the dataset.
It doesn't really matter how nice the library manager is if what it manages has limited availability - and no, asking for a community to pitch in and help with the duplicated work is not a solution.
The solution is to pick the largest library and use its format.
This doesn't really explain why creators of new CAD programs (Horizon and LibrePCB are new) invent new data formats.
We've seen time and time again, in every digital domain ever invented, that the most important thing is the dataset.
It doesn't really matter how nice the library manager is if what it manages has limited availability - and no, asking for a community to pitch in and help with the duplicated work is not a solution.
The solution is to pick the largest library and use its format.