u/Radiant-Bandicoot905

My group churns through party games — Herd Mentality, Wavelength, Codenames, the "most likely to" stuff — and I've noticed most get played hard for a month and then just… die on the shelf. A rare few stay in rotation for years.

Trying to understand what actually separates the two. Is it replayability, the humour, the group, the length, the box? What's a party game that's stayed in your rotation — and what's one you were sure you'd love that you quietly stopped pulling out, and why?

Also curious about the dark side: has a "roast your friends" type game ever genuinely soured the mood in your group? Where's the line between "funny because it's true" and "that actually stung"?

I'm an engineer in Europe who can build the whole product: batch & real-time data infrastructure at scale (billions of events a day), backends and APIs, full-stack web + mobile, and AI/ML. I've shipped across several highly regulated industries: iGaming, crypto/fintech, and the public sector. Building whatever we point at isn't the hard part for me.

What I don't have and what I'm looking for in you is the commercial half: customers, sales, distribution, a market you know cold.

I don't have a fixed idea yet, and that's on purpose. I'd rather we find a real, expensive problem together than chase the first shiny thing. Equal partners, building from zero, taking it all the way.

Not looking to grab just any cofounder - looking for the right one. If you've got the market and the hustle and want to build something big, DM me and tell me two things: the industry you know best, and a problem in it you think is worth real money.

I'm an engineer in Europe who can build the whole product: batch & real-time data infrastructure at scale (billions of events a day), backends and APIs, full-stack web + mobile, and AI/ML. I've shipped across several highly regulated industries. Building whatever we point at isn't the hard part for me.

What I don't have and what I'm looking for in you is the commercial half: customers, sales, distribution, a market you know cold.

I don't have a fixed idea yet, and that's on purpose. I'd rather we find a real, expensive problem together than chase the first shiny thing. Equal partners, building from zero, taking it all the way.

Not looking to grab just any cofounder - looking for the right one. If you've got the market and the hustle and want to build something big, DM me and tell me two things: the industry you know best, and a problem in it you think is worth real money.

I'm an engineer in Europe who can build the whole product: batch & real-time data infrastructure at scale (billions of events a day), backends and APIs, full-stack web + mobile, and AI/ML. I've shipped across several highly regulated industries: iGaming, crypto/fintech, and the public sector. Building whatever we point at isn't the hard part for me.

What I don't have and what I'm looking for in you is the commercial half: customers, sales, distribution, a market you know cold.

I don't have a fixed idea yet, and that's on purpose. I'd rather we find a real, expensive problem together than chase the first shiny thing. Equal partners, building from zero, taking it all the way.

Not looking to grab just any cofounder - looking for the right one. If you've got the market and the hustle and want to build something big, DM me and tell me two things: the industry you know best, and a problem in it you think is worth real money.

I'm an engineer in Europe who can build the whole product: batch & real-time data infrastructure at scale (billions of events a day), backends and APIs, full-stack web + mobile, and AI/ML. I've shipped across several highly regulated industries: iGaming, crypto/fintech, and the public sector. Building whatever we point at isn't the hard part for me.

What I don't have and what I'm looking for in you is the commercial half: customers, sales, distribution, a market you know cold.

I don't have a fixed idea yet, and that's on purpose. I'd rather we find a real, expensive problem together than chase the first shiny thing. Equal partners, building from zero, taking it all the way.

Not looking to grab just any cofounder - looking for the right one. If you've got the market and the hustle and want to build something big, DM me and tell me two things: the industry you know best, and a problem in it you think is worth real money.

I'm a senior software/data engineer (5 years, Python/cloud, some firmware/embedded experience including edge ML on battery devices). Considering pivoting to PCB design + IoT product development as a freelance craft.

Honest questions for working professionals:

1. **AI tools** — what AI tools do you actually use daily for PCB work? Has anything meaningfully changed your workflow recently, or is it mostly hype?

2. **AI threat** — do you see AI replacing PCB designers in 5-10 years? Is high-speed/RF design fundamentally safe because of physics and judgment?

3. **Market** — is freelance PCB design as saturated and brutal as software engineering? Can you stack 2-3 clients and work on your own schedule? What do rates look like?

4. **Entry path** — with strong software skills and basic electronics, how long to reach paid-work level? KiCad first or Altium? Any resources you'd actually recommend?

I'm tired of the software interview grind (LeetCode, toxic culture) and want a craft where the work speaks for itself. Planning to offer full-stack IoT product design (PCB → firmware → cloud → dashboard) targeting small companies.

Am I romanticizing this, or is it viable? Honest feedback welcome.🙏

I'm a senior software/data engineer (5 years, Python/cloud, some firmware/embedded experience including edge ML on battery devices). Considering pivoting to PCB design + IoT product development as a freelance craft.

Honest questions for working professionals:

1. **AI tools** — what AI tools do you actually use daily for PCB work? Has anything meaningfully changed your workflow recently, or is it mostly hype?

2. **AI threat** — do you see AI replacing PCB designers in 5-10 years? Is high-speed/RF design fundamentally safe because of physics and judgment?

3. **Market** — is freelance PCB design as saturated and brutal as software engineering? Can you stack 2-3 clients and work on your own schedule? What do rates look like?

4. **Entry path** — with strong software skills and basic electronics, how long to reach paid-work level? KiCad first or Altium? Any resources you'd actually recommend?

I'm tired of the software interview grind (LeetCode, toxic culture) and want a craft where the work speaks for itself. Planning to offer full-stack IoT product design (PCB → firmware → cloud → dashboard) targeting small companies.

Am I romanticizing this, or is it viable? Honest feedback welcome.🙏