Allen Wyma talks with Tom Miles, CTO of AI-NC, a platform written in Rust to get manufactorability feedback for hardware designs.
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Timestamps
- [@0:00] - Introduction
- [@0:46] - What is Spin
- [@1:23] - AI-NC’s company history
- [@2:46] - What made Tom start a machine shop company
- [@8:17] - AI-NC’s goal to provide automation, design, and advanced manufacturing
- [@17:04] - Communication between designers and assembly people
- [@19:22] - The margin for error in manufacturing
- [@30:40] - What made the team switch to Rust vs other languages
- [@35:06] - Libraries that AI-NC uses in their services
- [@42:35] - Integrations with third-party chat applications
- [@46:03] - Hiring Rust talent
- [@50:23] - Teaching people Rust
- [@53:27] - Advice for companies that want to use Rust
- [@54:42] - Parting thoughts
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
