Brett Morgan·Oct 25Learning the Library After Proving It WorksThere is a lot of hand-wringing right now about where AI-assisted coding leaves the human engineer. Addy Osmani calls it comprehension…
Brett Morgan·Oct 21Agent Skills vs MCPs vs LLMs Writing CodeI am exploring a new hobby — designing electronics. One of the fun parts of a new hobby is coming to terms with the tools. In this case…
InLevel Up CodingbyKaran Singh·Oct 5I Designed a Custom Robot Controller PCB from ScratchThen 419 DRC Errors Told Me I Was WrongA response icon3A response icon3
Abhvajpayee·Jul 20Context-Aware Schematic Design: What Changes When the Tool Knows the DatasheetA schematic can pass every electrical check and still be wrong — because the reason a part fails isn’t a connectivity error, it’s a…
Re: News·Mar 22KiCad Version 10.0.0: an incrdible alternative to proprietary PCB design platforms.The open-source electronic design automation ecosystem reached a notable milestone this week with the release of KiCad Version 10.0.0…
Stephan Bökelmann·Mar 15Ten Years of Conferences: What They’re Actually ForIn 2015 I went to my first real conference. I came back a different engineer. That sounds dramatic, but it’s accurate, and it took me a…
Frank·Mar 1EasyEDA vs KiCad: A Practical Look at PCB Design Tools (2025/2026)I’m Frank, an embedded software engineer, and I vividly recall the “deer in the headlights” feeling of choosing my very first PCB design…
KoreBio·Mar 1Architecting the digital Twin:From Spreadsheet Chaos to Relational IntegrityThe journey to a robust electronics database is rarely a straight line. It is a process of solving “Information Friction” — the gap between…
Leonardo Cavagnis·Jan 13Your First DIY Electronics Board: From Idea to PCBA beginner’s introduction to PCB design using KiCadA response icon1A response icon1