The Rustacean Station Podcast

AI-NC with Tom Miles

Posted Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:31:00 +0000

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