[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @blind_via BlindVia BlindVia posts on X about hardware, loading, dime, colour the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::3156838968/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXX +2,473% - X Months XXXXXXX +231% - X Year XXXXXXX +27,786% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::3156838968/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XXXX% - X Month XXX +164% - X Months XXX +138% - X Year XXX +1,853% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::3156838968/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +9.20% - X Month XXXXX +204% - X Months XXXXX +782% - X Year XXXXX +925% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::3156838968/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::3156838968/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) **Social topic influence** [hardware](/topic/hardware) #1253, [loading](/topic/loading), [dime](/topic/dime), [colour](/topic/colour), [a second](/topic/a-second), [believe in](/topic/believe-in), [give me](/topic/give-me), [pulse](/topic/pulse), [reactions](/topic/reactions), [colors](/topic/colors) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::3156838968/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours ""KiCAD is going to Annihilate Altium" **tries to install plugin for documentation** "here are instructions for how to use this on windows I've never done it but it should be possible good luck" Oh I can see how this is going to destroy easy to use software. sure. mhm" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979414296900833325) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T05:08Z 1201 followers, 2762 engagements "There are no reasons to use Altium as it is now. Xpedition is so much better. I have designed boards in many many other tools. Each have their pros and cons. And right now KiCAD has tons of cons. That will improve but at what pace The state that it is currently in is better than eagle ever was but it is no where close to being altium. KiCAD will always have the best value though its free. You cannot get better value than free. And if you are cheap and can't afford to pay for better tools then sure fine its ok because it still works. I am still going to use KiCAD because it is a convenient" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979592029396185324) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T16:54Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "@jacobtohahn @i2cjak The way I understand it is everybody writes their own plugins in different ways currently this would be equivalent to having native plug in support like other tools. Altium isn't my favorite but it has exactly that it has native plug in support. So loading plugins is simple" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979593535356842488) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T17:00Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "Bro has never used altium" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1969267451201216721) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-09-20T05:08Z 1196 followers, 3346 engagements "Is it just me or is there a new bubble in fusion tech as well I hear about lots of different companies working on fusion tech with their own "break throughs". But Still not stable sustainable reactions for generating power. I want to believe in your fusion give me a sign" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979000159619989767) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-17T01:43Z 1196 followers, XXX engagements "@ruflessMarie Indeed in my world of circuits there are lots of pretty colors" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979225908251947481) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-17T16:40Z 1196 followers, XXX engagements "Wait software guys actually follow hardware guys because it looks like something they want to do Bro welcome aboard I want to share my XX years of hardware skills with you. All the old people doing PCB stuff are retiring we need more PCB dudes Please join me" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1975784907227156552) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-08T04:46Z 1199 followers, 40.8K engagements "Ok hear me out @elonmusk I read claims that Starlink manufacturing is the largest PCB manufacturer in the USA in order to meet demand for dishes. Many in my circle of PCB dudes would really like to see more USA options for buying affording PCBs since the only low-cost options available are from China. I'm sure you can appreciate that USA government contracts does not allow using foreign vendors as well as anybody who just doesn't want to buy things from China. The best way I see possible for the USA to have affordable low-cost home-grown PCB manufacturing is to have lots of scale. Since" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1976095640389025951) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-09T01:21Z 1200 followers, 60.7K engagements "I just want to use the plug in bro. Why is like this I was supposed to be doing fun stuff tonight; this was/is supposed to be a cool plugin. But it is taking forever to get going. It appears to be specifically designed for linux and a pain otherwise. Any tips I have docker installed I am just trying to follow step X in the instructions provided by them but unable to progress @edsammy" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979404597073739854) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T04:30Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "@christo92787346 @ZeframM It probably won't a big deal in the near future as it becomes more normal. But traditionally devices are not that intelligent and it creates challenges for new designs. Heard first hand from a lot of people blind sited by the new standard" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1980132845042770018) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-20T04:43Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "Cortex-M4 with Bluetooth and microphone. This is how they pack Alexa into your remote" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1977929283193720908) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-14T02:47Z 1200 followers, XXX engagements "@BackwoodsEnginr @cneralp @alplabai It's true though I am not allowed to have X way tie dots. Those are Taboo. Checker will hold it from releasing if you don't eliminate them" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978557880753148055) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-15T20:25Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "Community Peer review Constructive Criticism only please Stocko has been working on this PCB for a motor controller and packing his parts into a small outline to fit into his existing housing. Smallest Traces are 5mils. Smallest vias are 0.45/0.3mm Firstly Good job Stocko glad to see you finally got it all connected. I've been in this kind of situation a lot so I get what you are going through. It looks to me like the only place where you really need those tiny vias is in the upper right corner of the board. And everywhere else could tolerate a slightly larger via so it might be worth your" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979188065534120418) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-17T14:09Z 1200 followers, 5813 engagements "@no1089 Well I'm rooting for them but I will harping constructive criticism every step of the way cause it would be cool to see it usable in an enterprise environment" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979650947895959598) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T20:49Z 1200 followers, XX engagements "The LTCC designs I worked on with ceramic substrates were actually quite similar to this in layer construction style. The ceramic substrates were heat tolerant in that situation and that appears to the intention with this tech by eliminating use of solder. The aluminum plate as a base substrate supports the use in extreme temperature environments. Such a large thermal sink" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1980128892263305502) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-20T04:28Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "@Jerome04475418 Not naming names but various posts casually comparing Altium and KiCAD as if Altium were the DeFacto standard outside of Open Source" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1975320924451971132) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-06T22:03Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "@Nolwest1 Vias that do not penetrate the entire length of the board will have their starting layer and ending layer shown in the via. (this is a KiCAD image but also true in Altium)" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978087641510756808) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-14T13:16Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "@BackwoodsEnginr Using kicad for a home project but it would be nice to push the limits of it for big and complex boards some day. It is crashing on me more than I like which is a concern. But in general it is pretty good tool for what it is" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978227608409038904) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-14T22:33Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "@raheelys My favorite arc of crapping on xpedition is all about their new UI. Heard how they wanted to make things "better" because altium had such a good interface. The new interface is dog shit. I am not saying the old one was great it wasn't. But this did not make things better" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978498959782900225) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-15T16:31Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "@therealcarlin @raheelys The dynamic environment of schematic tool and layout tool combined is powerful and nobody does the UI better in this regard for convenience of project file access. But my experience with the routing in altium is aweful and Xpedition does it well" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978658510364684340) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-16T03:05Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "Takes too much time to prepare quality documentation There is a better way" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978908145519857686) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-16T19:37Z 1201 followers, 2454 engagements "You are correct in that Altium has its own solution for streamlining output documents. I have used that too and it is pretty darn good. It goes a step further kinda in that you can spit out finished drawings and gerber files mechanicals ipc XXX etc whatever you want to add all simultaneously. Click one button watch it script out all the documents you gotta set up the drawings in the layers first of course which is a little more manual than blueprint but you can just have really great templates to help with that" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978916765339210104) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-16T20:11Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "I don't know who needs to hear this Your CAD software is garbage that software you think is better yea its garbage too. All CAD software has cons. Like politics picking CAD software is like picking the lesser of two evils in your view. But they all suck You're welcome" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979609501146984536) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T18:04Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "@silardgal Agreed. My approach to evaluating it is about determining how well it would work in that kind of environment. And recommending the kind of upgrades it should get to be closer" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979976125595123795) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-19T18:21Z 1201 followers, XX engagements "This is what they took from us We went to the moon and built SR71s with HAND DRAWN PCB layouts like this. ART" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1978139967395090482) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-14T16:44Z 1201 followers, 43K engagements "The age of circuit based fashion has not yet reached its peak" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1980001865514500101) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-19T20:03Z 1201 followers, 3256 engagements "Anybody else think 48v USB sounds like a bad idea 🤣" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1980155431461986769) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-20T06:13Z 1201 followers, 1183 engagements "Every time I learn something new about KiCAD guess what the conclusion is: KICAD IS TRYING TO BE LIKE ALTIUM THE GIGA CHAD" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1971094498743828655) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-09-25T06:08Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "Every Single Time. Whenever I update my PCB layout from schematic. KiCAD scrambles the reference designators back to a default location. Even though I have already cleaned them up nice and neat" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1972879232234918177) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-09-30T04:20Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "The way everybody here on twitter thinks Altium is top dog in PCB world is absolutely HILLARIOUS. You guys this isn't true. LOL" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1975190760455848248) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-06T13:25Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "Wait they got bought out again Long time ago altium was owned by an australian company. And they had a slick set of tutorials hosted by a guy name marty (aussie accent). Then they got bought by some chinese company and itar customers at the time were shitting their pants" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1979640798162657647) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-18T20:08Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements "Anybody else thinking about heavily discounted computer hardware coming up next month. I am" [X Link](https://x.com/blind_via/status/1980357171629199412) [@blind_via](/creator/x/blind_via) 2025-10-20T19:35Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
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@blind_via BlindVia
BlindVia posts on X about hardware, loading, dime, colour the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXX -XX%
- X Month XXXXXXX +2,473%
- X Months XXXXXXX +231%
- X Year XXXXXXX +27,786%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX -XXXX%
- X Month XXX +164%
- X Months XXX +138%
- X Year XXX +1,853%
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +9.20%
- X Month XXXXX +204%
- X Months XXXXX +782%
- X Year XXXXX +925%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence finance countries celebrities social networks technology brands
Social topic influence hardware #1253, loading, dime, colour, a second, believe in, give me, pulse, reactions, colors
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
""KiCAD is going to Annihilate Altium" tries to install plugin for documentation "here are instructions for how to use this on windows I've never done it but it should be possible good luck" Oh I can see how this is going to destroy easy to use software. sure. mhm"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T05:08Z 1201 followers, 2762 engagements
"There are no reasons to use Altium as it is now. Xpedition is so much better. I have designed boards in many many other tools. Each have their pros and cons. And right now KiCAD has tons of cons. That will improve but at what pace The state that it is currently in is better than eagle ever was but it is no where close to being altium. KiCAD will always have the best value though its free. You cannot get better value than free. And if you are cheap and can't afford to pay for better tools then sure fine its ok because it still works. I am still going to use KiCAD because it is a convenient"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T16:54Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"@jacobtohahn @i2cjak The way I understand it is everybody writes their own plugins in different ways currently this would be equivalent to having native plug in support like other tools. Altium isn't my favorite but it has exactly that it has native plug in support. So loading plugins is simple"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T17:00Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"Bro has never used altium"
X Link @blind_via 2025-09-20T05:08Z 1196 followers, 3346 engagements
"Is it just me or is there a new bubble in fusion tech as well I hear about lots of different companies working on fusion tech with their own "break throughs". But Still not stable sustainable reactions for generating power. I want to believe in your fusion give me a sign"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-17T01:43Z 1196 followers, XXX engagements
"@ruflessMarie Indeed in my world of circuits there are lots of pretty colors"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-17T16:40Z 1196 followers, XXX engagements
"Wait software guys actually follow hardware guys because it looks like something they want to do Bro welcome aboard I want to share my XX years of hardware skills with you. All the old people doing PCB stuff are retiring we need more PCB dudes Please join me"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-08T04:46Z 1199 followers, 40.8K engagements
"Ok hear me out @elonmusk I read claims that Starlink manufacturing is the largest PCB manufacturer in the USA in order to meet demand for dishes. Many in my circle of PCB dudes would really like to see more USA options for buying affording PCBs since the only low-cost options available are from China. I'm sure you can appreciate that USA government contracts does not allow using foreign vendors as well as anybody who just doesn't want to buy things from China. The best way I see possible for the USA to have affordable low-cost home-grown PCB manufacturing is to have lots of scale. Since"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-09T01:21Z 1200 followers, 60.7K engagements
"I just want to use the plug in bro. Why is like this I was supposed to be doing fun stuff tonight; this was/is supposed to be a cool plugin. But it is taking forever to get going. It appears to be specifically designed for linux and a pain otherwise. Any tips I have docker installed I am just trying to follow step X in the instructions provided by them but unable to progress @edsammy"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T04:30Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"@christo92787346 @ZeframM It probably won't a big deal in the near future as it becomes more normal. But traditionally devices are not that intelligent and it creates challenges for new designs. Heard first hand from a lot of people blind sited by the new standard"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-20T04:43Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"Cortex-M4 with Bluetooth and microphone. This is how they pack Alexa into your remote"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-14T02:47Z 1200 followers, XXX engagements
"@BackwoodsEnginr @cneralp @alplabai It's true though I am not allowed to have X way tie dots. Those are Taboo. Checker will hold it from releasing if you don't eliminate them"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-15T20:25Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"Community Peer review Constructive Criticism only please Stocko has been working on this PCB for a motor controller and packing his parts into a small outline to fit into his existing housing. Smallest Traces are 5mils. Smallest vias are 0.45/0.3mm Firstly Good job Stocko glad to see you finally got it all connected. I've been in this kind of situation a lot so I get what you are going through. It looks to me like the only place where you really need those tiny vias is in the upper right corner of the board. And everywhere else could tolerate a slightly larger via so it might be worth your"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-17T14:09Z 1200 followers, 5813 engagements
"@no1089 Well I'm rooting for them but I will harping constructive criticism every step of the way cause it would be cool to see it usable in an enterprise environment"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T20:49Z 1200 followers, XX engagements
"The LTCC designs I worked on with ceramic substrates were actually quite similar to this in layer construction style. The ceramic substrates were heat tolerant in that situation and that appears to the intention with this tech by eliminating use of solder. The aluminum plate as a base substrate supports the use in extreme temperature environments. Such a large thermal sink"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-20T04:28Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"@Jerome04475418 Not naming names but various posts casually comparing Altium and KiCAD as if Altium were the DeFacto standard outside of Open Source"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-06T22:03Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"@Nolwest1 Vias that do not penetrate the entire length of the board will have their starting layer and ending layer shown in the via. (this is a KiCAD image but also true in Altium)"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-14T13:16Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"@BackwoodsEnginr Using kicad for a home project but it would be nice to push the limits of it for big and complex boards some day. It is crashing on me more than I like which is a concern. But in general it is pretty good tool for what it is"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-14T22:33Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"@raheelys My favorite arc of crapping on xpedition is all about their new UI. Heard how they wanted to make things "better" because altium had such a good interface. The new interface is dog shit. I am not saying the old one was great it wasn't. But this did not make things better"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-15T16:31Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"@therealcarlin @raheelys The dynamic environment of schematic tool and layout tool combined is powerful and nobody does the UI better in this regard for convenience of project file access. But my experience with the routing in altium is aweful and Xpedition does it well"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-16T03:05Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"Takes too much time to prepare quality documentation There is a better way"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-16T19:37Z 1201 followers, 2454 engagements
"You are correct in that Altium has its own solution for streamlining output documents. I have used that too and it is pretty darn good. It goes a step further kinda in that you can spit out finished drawings and gerber files mechanicals ipc XXX etc whatever you want to add all simultaneously. Click one button watch it script out all the documents you gotta set up the drawings in the layers first of course which is a little more manual than blueprint but you can just have really great templates to help with that"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-16T20:11Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"I don't know who needs to hear this Your CAD software is garbage that software you think is better yea its garbage too. All CAD software has cons. Like politics picking CAD software is like picking the lesser of two evils in your view. But they all suck You're welcome"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T18:04Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"@silardgal Agreed. My approach to evaluating it is about determining how well it would work in that kind of environment. And recommending the kind of upgrades it should get to be closer"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-19T18:21Z 1201 followers, XX engagements
"This is what they took from us We went to the moon and built SR71s with HAND DRAWN PCB layouts like this. ART"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-14T16:44Z 1201 followers, 43K engagements
"The age of circuit based fashion has not yet reached its peak"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-19T20:03Z 1201 followers, 3256 engagements
"Anybody else think 48v USB sounds like a bad idea 🤣"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-20T06:13Z 1201 followers, 1183 engagements
"Every time I learn something new about KiCAD guess what the conclusion is: KICAD IS TRYING TO BE LIKE ALTIUM THE GIGA CHAD"
X Link @blind_via 2025-09-25T06:08Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"Every Single Time. Whenever I update my PCB layout from schematic. KiCAD scrambles the reference designators back to a default location. Even though I have already cleaned them up nice and neat"
X Link @blind_via 2025-09-30T04:20Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"The way everybody here on twitter thinks Altium is top dog in PCB world is absolutely HILLARIOUS. You guys this isn't true. LOL"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-06T13:25Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"Wait they got bought out again Long time ago altium was owned by an australian company. And they had a slick set of tutorials hosted by a guy name marty (aussie accent). Then they got bought by some chinese company and itar customers at the time were shitting their pants"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-18T20:08Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements
"Anybody else thinking about heavily discounted computer hardware coming up next month. I am"
X Link @blind_via 2025-10-20T19:35Z 1201 followers, XXX engagements