signex (alplabai)ECADConfidence: Medium

A board changed by another program was still overwritten on save, because only schematic sheets were compared against their disk baseline, and boards now get the same Reload, Overwrite, Cancel card.

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

alplabai/signex PR #1878: fix(app): compare board saves, keep edits during Reload, symlinks and closed tabs keep disk records right (#1863, #1864, #1865)

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 1-2 2026 (Nov 1 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-02: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.