kicadiff (pback34)ECADConfidence: Medium

The board diff tool rendered a hard-coded layer set, front and back copper only. On a 4+ layer board, a change made only on an inner layer produced no visual diff at all, 0 changed pixels, and the exit code said nothing changed. There was no flag to work around it.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Electrical Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

pback34/kicadiff PR #1: feat(render): render every copper layer the board defines

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 31-Nov 1 2026 (Oct 31 9:41 PM ET through Nov 1 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch overnight edition). Verified live 2026-11-01: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.