Episode 123 Matthias Wagner Chief Skywalker at Flux.ai

Manifesting things in physical space – this one is for the makers!
Matthias and Richard discuss the genesis of Flux.ai, which was created to help democratise hardware design following the example of software development. The Flux.ai website is impressive and is a testament to the progress Flux have made since the very early days when they had to communicate to their first project users and manage expectations!
There’s also a very good discussion on the overnight success which was a decade in the making. Building their community, giving their community updates and sharing their progress, using Slack channels; this is a lesson in pragmatism. Go where your users are. But there’s also a frustration about the costs involved with Slack and the view (which is changing) that Discord is blocked by corporates.
The conversation takes in the usefulness of LLMs for searching and querying the super detailed specifications documentations for hardware designers. And they have an amazing view of component availability globally, a real-time index.
This is a wonderful episode to get us thinking about the progress in hardware design, 3D printing and motivating us to think about embracing our inner maker!
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