InventHub
Dev tools
version control for hardware design
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
6 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Privacy: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean UI and GitHub-like experience
From 1 comment
Hey! The core features work great (albeit the schematic and board preview are a bit sluggish compared to the rest of the website). I would also like to point out that the design…
alufers on HN
Useful for hardware engineers working remotely
From 1 comment
This is a great space to be working on - I've wanted tools like this as a HW engineer for a long time. Enabling remote work as an EE seems like a powerful advantage to grant to…
cushychicken on HN
Objections
Terms of service claimed rights over user designs
From 2 comments
"We need the legal right to do things like host Your Content, publish it, and share it. You grant us and our legal successors the right to store, parse, and display Your Content,…
Animats on HNThe key point here is that those terms apply to both private and public repositories. So if you use this service, they can distribute your private designs if they so choose.…
Animats on HN
Limited support for Altium and other formats
From 1 comment
> This is a great space to be working on - I've wanted tools like this as a HW engineer for a long time. Enabling remote work as an EE seems like a powerful advantage to grant to…
usamaabid on HN
Requests
Add Twitter card tags and social sharing metadata
From 1 comment
It looks great and I can't wait to try it out for my first printed circuit board. One thing I'd suggest adding are twitter card tags [1] and others. It would make it stand out…
imjasonmiller on HN
Add SSH keys and sync with GitHub/GitLab
From 1 comment
Hey! The core features work great (albeit the schematic and board preview are a bit sluggish compared to the rest of the website). I would also like to point out that the design…
alufers on HN
Questions
How visual diff is implemented
From 1 comment
If you don't mind me asking, how do you implement the visual diff? Is it just based on a diff of cad files? Are they just text? Or do you have to use gerbers?
kayson on HN
How it differs from Allspice
From 1 comment
This is a great space to be working on - I've wanted tools like this as a HW engineer for a long time. Enabling remote work as an EE seems like a powerful advantage to grant to…
cushychicken on HN
Alternatives named
Allspice
From 1 comment
This is a great space to be working on - I've wanted tools like this as a HW engineer for a long time. Enabling remote work as an EE seems like a powerful advantage to grant to…
cushychicken on HN
Kitspace
From 1 comment
Hi, Thank you so much for your kind words and appreciation. we tried our best to make the UI user friendly, glad that you liked it :) Definitely, there was not point of making…
usamaabid on HN