After three rounds, the author cut route.py down to GND zones, four thermal vias and edge stitching, with no tracks routed by script, saying KiCad's push-and-shove by hand is faster than iterating DRC with the script on a small board. DRC still shows 40 dangling vias because kicad-cli 9.0.2 cannot fill zones, plus 214 unconnected items, and the board is not fab-ready.
Recurring agent failure issue in pixgate (rguisantos)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in pixgate (rguisantos) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: validation / failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 10-11 2026 (Nov 10 8:41 AM ET through Nov 11 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-11: 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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