Fifteen hand-fitted connectors and shields stayed in the BOM and placement files, and a README step told the builder to delete them by hand before ordering. A plugin sync now sets KiCad's exclude flags, and the PCBWay export comes out with 31 BOM lines and 67 placement rows and no hand parts.
Recurring agent failure issue in DroidPowerSense (PunderWorks)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in DroidPowerSense (PunderWorks) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: validation / failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 9-10 2026 (Nov 9 7:41 AM ET through Nov 10 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-10: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.
What it costs a team
Modeled annual cost
$30,000
For a team of 5
Prototype delay
3 days
Modeled schedule slip per occurrence
Time lost
240 min
Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents
How the cost is modeled
240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000
A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.
Engineering tools that address it
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Evidence
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