<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>cushychicken</author><text>I have to give JITX credit - every time I see their latest product offering, it gets closer to something I’d actually use. (Working EE who primarily does board and system design.)&lt;p&gt;These layout automations they show in the landing page are the first thing they’ve showcased that I’m intrigued enough to want to try for myself.&lt;p&gt;The thing I wonder about with all of these EDA companies is whether any of them understand that they’re not attacking the biggest problem of circuit design.&lt;p&gt;Capturing the SCH&amp;#x2F;PCB is a relatively small part of the process of getting a working design ready to sell. Less than ten percent of the time, I’d guess. The bulk goes in to design documentation, testing, certification, compliance, and DFM&amp;#x2F;DFA.&lt;p&gt;A part of me sort of hates to see these companies do their thing, because it’s making the fun part of the job shorter and faster.</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>JITX – The Fastest Way to Design Circuit Boards</title><url>https://www.jitx.com</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>zachbee</author><text>There are so many different tools to help design and route PCBs now. You have DeepPCB, Flux, and Quilter doing auto-routing, and SKiDL, CuFlow, and JITX doing programmatic schematics (and also sometimes auto-routing?).&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I don&amp;#x27;t really understand how these tools are differentiated from one another. I personally know the Quilter guys, so if I had to pick I&amp;#x27;d use their product, but I don&amp;#x27;t think the market crowding here is great for anybody.</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>JITX – The Fastest Way to Design Circuit Boards</title><url>https://www.jitx.com</url></story>