IIC-OSIC-TOOLS (iic-jku)VerificationConfidence: Medium

sak-drc.sh passes the -f pattern to Magic's flatglob. If the pattern matches the top cell, the top cell ends up empty and Magic reports the layout clean; the help text suggested exactly that ("'' to flatten all"). On a test GDS with 8 known errors, '' gave exit 0 and COUNT 0.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Hardware 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

iic-jku/IIC-OSIC-TOOLS PR #402: Refuse a sak-drc.sh -f pattern that matches the top cell

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.

sak-drc.sh passes the -f pattern to Magic's flatglob. If the pattern matches the top cell, the top cell ends up empty and Magic reports the layout clean; the help text suggested exactly that ("'*' to flatten all"). On a test GDS with 8 known errors, '*' gave exit 0 and COUNT 0.

Impact Analysis

Evidence & Sources

Analyst Notes

sak-drc.sh passes the -f pattern to Magic's flatglob. If the pattern matches the top cell, the top cell ends up empty and Magic reports the layout clean; the help text suggested exactly that ("'' to flatten all"). On a test GDS with 8 known errors, '' gave exit 0 and COUNT 0.