Antimony: CAD Software Evolved from Lisp Machines and Not Drafting Tables
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Antimony: CAD Software Evolved from Lisp Machines and Not Drafting Tables was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 3, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 60 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #13 of 30, reached on Nov 4, 03:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 08:22 UTC.
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This could use a (2015) label :) I've been tapering off maintenance since 2016 or so, but it has a more actively-maintained fork over at https://github.com/nsfm/stibium (albeit with heavy LLM assistance, because it's 2026!) YMMV – I haven't used it or closely inspected the changes, but have corresponded with the…
This probably merits noting that the whole Code CAD thing is getting pushed very hard lately with many new AI-driven projects. I will note the following projects which have made recent advancements: - OpenSCAD --- the hopefully final Release Candidate for the long-awaited update is now available:…
>Antimony is a computer-aided design (CAD) tool from a parallel universe in which CAD software evolved from Lisp machines rather than drafting tables That's an ironic take in that the most prolific CAD software in use, AutoCAD, has supported a a lisp dialect, named AutoLISP[0], natively as an alternative runtime for…
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Is Antimony: CAD Software Evolved from Lisp Machines and Not Drafting Tables trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 08:22 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Antimony: CAD Software Evolved from Lisp Machines and Not Drafting Tables reached?
#13 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 4, 03:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Antimony: CAD Software Evolved from Lisp Machines and Not Drafting Tables been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 3, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (60 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
112 points and 60 comments; submitted by pmkary on Nov 2, 2026.