https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/ Insights on PLM, engineering change management, AI for hardware, and open source hardware development tooling. en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/new-defense-enterprise-software/ https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/new-defense-enterprise-software/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT SpaceX, Anduril and Stoke each built their own enterprise platform so engineering, manufacturing and supply chain could work from one record. What that buys them, and what hardware companies without that budget can do instead. Kai @ Cascadia https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/design-engine-overview/ https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/design-engine-overview/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Text-to-CAD optimizes the most demoable artifact in the process, not the hardest part of the job Kai @ Cascadia https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/how-we-fund-an-open-core/ https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/how-we-fund-an-open-core/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cascadia is moving to an open-core, dual-license model. Kai @ Cascadia https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/cascadia-context/ https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/cascadia-context/ Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT I want to write about Cascadia PLM’s AI-assisted Design Engine workflow… but I have to establish some context first. Kai @ Cascadia https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/git-inspired-change-management/ https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/git-inspired-change-management/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why Cascadia models engineering changes like git branches — and what that unlocks for ETO and high-mix, low-volume manufacturers. Kai @ Cascadia https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/why-open-source/ https://cascadiaplm.com/blog/why-open-source/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT PLM is dominated by a few expensive incumbents. I'm building an open alternative for the companies they don't serve. Kai @ Cascadia