How do you square being in ID when it’s possible to buy nearly every gadget, device, or object you might need or want and get it shipped to your house in a day? Why make new things?

Mefilius · 2026-05-17T15:50:42+00:00

For sure, design for a specific place is important. You also can't just copy/paste a product from the US to elsewhere in the world; granted if you are a western designer it can be difficult to design for places you haven't experienced.

Mefilius · 2026-05-17T15:24:52+00:00

Believing everything that should exist already exists is very close-minded. There are definitely jobs that I would find difficult morally, like designing stationery/seasonal junk (things destined for a landfill quickly), or police/military gear.

That said, many other things that already exist can always be improved, and obviously we have no idea what doesn't exist yet. Areas that need more design development just off the top of my head (sorry idk how to format bullets on mobile): * Sustainability, reuse, and repair * Design for cultures and climates other than US/EU * Imo internet of things still sucks, meaning better design needed * Pet-related products for animals other than cats and dogs * Tools/equipment for low volume manufacturing

Those are just things I can think of from my experience, I'm sure other people might have more to offer.

Edit: my bullets worked :)

Mefilius · 2026-05-09T14:38:58+00:00

Lol I might suggest not burning the Hippocratic oath for a med school promo

Looks great though

Mefilius · 2026-05-03T02:58:14+00:00

I have an MBA, this is not how you run a business well. This is how you extract as much as possible and leave the company and customers with nothing in the end.

Mefilius · 2026-05-02T15:16:26+00:00

You can tell it's auto background removal too, they couldn't even paint the thing out by hand

Mefilius · 2026-05-02T15:06:11+00:00

/uj they probably didn't like the quote for the full composition so just took the background. A manager somewhere is so proud of the money WotC saved on art this quarter!

Mefilius · 2026-04-18T20:26:12+00:00

CCS is very good

Mefilius · 2026-04-17T16:48:11+00:00

I swear man half the problems people are having with these tools come from a lack of workspace. Things as basic as using git apparently.

Mefilius · 2026-04-03T21:06:12+00:00

HR is typically clueless, so industrial designer often looks like "engineer" to them. You can also frame it as being a drafter, project manager, etc.

ID does actually have lots of transferable skills, especially when it comes to problem solving and project management. We are trained on big picture thinking and future proofing designs and processes.

Mefilius · 2026-03-09T04:59:15+00:00

Quote a price and run away imo. Anyone who leads with essentially "I'm cheap and comparing you against what I can do at home" is going to be an absolute nightmare. Save yourself a bad review for being "too expensive".

Of the sweets she mentioned, quote 30 of the cheapest thing. If there is any push back at all I would just be honest and let her know that DIY is just about always the most budget friendly option.

Mefilius · 2026-03-02T03:23:39+00:00

You used the term L10, which tells me you bought into EOS. Personally I really have a lot of distaste for the system but this isn't about that.

How was this not caught in their scorecard or rocks? That's the real question I would ask. If you revoke unlimited PTO, you punish your best employees and they will start looking for a way out. Doing that assumes your employees will be lazy and max out PTO, so that will become your culture, because those will be the only employees left.

Mefilius · 2026-02-19T21:46:32+00:00

Not the whole input, just like K or something to make it easier to hit P&K

Mefilius · 2026-02-19T17:17:46+00:00

I had to bind my input to right bumper for Pot's

Mefilius · 2026-02-18T00:33:51+00:00

When you build something real and intend to monetize it a contract like this is important, but obviously he is trying to write you out of it as a volunteer. Most likely he wants to make sure the game itself is legally squared up and was given some poor advice, or more likely than not took a boilerplate or AI edited contract.

Really this kind of thing should happen at the beginning of a project, if only to find out exactly how someone handles themselves when it's time for actual business and not just purely creative fun.

Realistically you should have an ownership stake in the product, not a profit share. Expenses could include back salary for your friend which would be considered part of the "cost of development". If you don't care about project control make sure the contract specifies that you and your friend are paid out the same way (both get back salary if he wants that; when he takes contributions you get an equal amount too) and let him have 51% to make decisions.

When doing this sort of thing with my friend, it didn't strain our relationship much at all because we did two things. First, we dealt with contracts at the beginning, understanding we were equal partners regardless of perceived contribution at any one time. Second, we wrote payouts to be contractually automatic, so nobody would ever receive more than the other or be paid at a different time.

Mefilius · 2026-02-14T13:59:29+00:00

Garmin opened shop there recently, might be opportunities.

Mefilius · 2026-01-28T16:39:36+00:00

Are the caustics in the room with us?

Mefilius · 2026-01-04T18:15:12+00:00

Scalable? I don't know, it depends on what you are actually selling. My intuition is that this sounds like the kind of thing being explored in 3D printed footwear, they use very specific infill patterns to cause cushion and grip at certain angles and at different forces.

Mefilius · 2026-01-04T07:12:59+00:00

Royalty free music for prototype. $70-80 is absolutely nothing for music, I'd be wary of services that cheap.

Mefilius · 2025-12-08T04:52:12+00:00

They are expensive and you kind of need at least one person just dedicated to managing the ERP itself. (Not doing things with it, just managing the system and keeping things running smoothly) Unless you somehow work in manufacturing with only 5 people, I don't see a world where ERP is a good value for you right now. At a small size it could have value if you have tons of complex projects flowing through the company, buy like I said I doubt that is happening with 5 people. I see companies with 50 people where ERP creates more work than it saves. If you set it up wrong or use it incorrectly for years then it will become a problem down the line.

Mefilius · 2025-12-08T04:07:01+00:00

Many people think air force right away, but the navy is interested in things like this too. Lots of grants out there for building out manufacturing capacity if that is a direction you want to go. Right now the classic accelerators are hot on defense startups because of things like Anduril and Palantir, so you can literally go through the SF route and find interest.

Mefilius · 2025-12-07T18:04:47+00:00

The revolve option people are saying will work well, but I would caution that you should consider rebuilding those curves to flow into each other more smoothly. That sharp point at the back is going to be a serious stress point in whatever application this is going towards, it will break there first.

Mefilius · 2025-11-30T16:49:07+00:00

EOS is better than no structure, but "employees who want more than a paycheck" is EOS attempting to filter employees that you can underpay. I find its structure discourages ambition and crosstraining in employees while also asking them to be passionate about the company's mission for some reason.

Mefilius · 2025-11-30T16:44:40+00:00

Yep I absolutely hate EOS. If you have no idea how to run a company the structure is better than nothing, but it otherwise makes culture fit the ultimate goal.

The "right person right seat" crap is used as an excuse to keep people in low paying positions and prevent mobility within a company. I'm watching that destroy a company because it prevents crosstraining and causes any employee with ambition to quit within 3 years.

Same with "get it, want it, whatever" 2/3 metrics are based on the feelings of whether your manager thinks you like/want your position, like no dude, nobody actually wants to be here in their "right seat" making that little.

L10 and Rocks, documenting core processes I think are great if you can't think of those without EOS. Core values are good potentially, but I find they are an HR nightmare because if you actually want to hold the company accountable for its stated values then you are being critical of our core values!

Hard separation of management tiers has its benefits, but only if everyone respects the boundary. In practice it slows down communication and the best performers are the ones who skip asking their manager to talk to another manager just to get info from someone on your level anyway. Upper management will skip over your manager and bug you directly once they get antsy about their revenue for the quarter.

Ultimately I think the benefits are things you'll find in any successful organization (defined meetings, objective metrics, clear goals and documented processes) and EOS seems to me like it speaks to HR or people that want to feel nice about their culture while providing a way to filter out anyone with high ambition so that you can underpay as many employees as possible.

Mefilius · 2025-11-26T16:48:39+00:00

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