Know before your role does.
pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
Will AI replace Hardware Development Manager jobs? · Latest report #7f32ahcw
Your job has an expiration date
August 4, 2028
In 1 year, 9 monthsTurning your design flaws into a neat spreadsheet for the robot.
Senior Hardware Optimizer (professional spreadsheet builder)
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Optimizing tolerances until physics gives up.






splat.you▸ INDUSTRIALGEN 9000▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 9 MONTHSAI's Special Power
collapses your entire supply chain into logic
You optimize parts for mass production and argue with factories about tolerances. Your spreadsheets are now legacy software.
The one thing AI can't do
You can sense when a plastic part will warp just by looking at it.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 10
AI vacuums up all your past spreadsheets and CAD design files.
Month 4
Software instantly spots every design flaw you spent weeks agonizing over.
Month 10
Direct machine-to-machine communication removes the need for your factory emails.
Month 15
Algorithms handle all logistics while you try to remember your password.
Month 21 · D-Day
Your access is revoked because the machine finished the final build.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96.7%
4.2 percent
Tolerances missed
1200 weekly
Emails sent about DFM
18 cents
Cost savings per unit
Your severance
A lifetime subscription to CAD software updates.
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