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vcad was started in 2026 and has great ambitions: https://docs.vcad.io

They certainly have ambitions – the most recent changelog claims to add "Full PCB design pipeline: schematic capture, routing, DRC, Gerber export, and signal integrity simulation."

It also seems to have a physics engine, a slicer for 3D printing, an embroidery mode, and a entire ecosystem of math crates (https://tang.toys/).

Whether any of that works – or whether it's pure LLM slop – is less clear. I tried to import a trivial STEP file, and it crashed my browser tab [1]. Every commit is co-authored by Claude.

[1] https://github.com/ecto/vcad/issues/7

...and don’t forget Loon Lang — it’s a gem: https://loonlang.com

By the way, “they” is actually just one person: Cam Pedersen — https://campedersen.com

So far, he’s shown incredible productivity (with Claude Code). I integrated his vcad into my toy project here, and it worked on the first try, which is quite impressive for such a young project: https://github.com/darwin/supex/tree/dev

Definitely keep an eye on him.

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Thanks for the bug report! I'll have some time later this week to look into it. Just had a baby :)

Congrats!

(We had one back in December; you’re in for a fun ride!)

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