Cadence

Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2014–2026), in 8 threads.

People raised many different problems with Cadence, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 8 complaints

Repeating the phrase registers but the page never advances to sign-up2026-01-14
Silicon design tools are dreadful to use and frustrating unless you already know their quirks2024-05-12
Steep learning curve and archaic UI unchanged for decades2024-02-16
Cadence is much more confusing to use than Altium2023-06-14
Crashes wipe out hours of work; slow loading and clumsy simulator workflow2023-05-20
Simple actions need many repetitive menu steps, so users memorise key sequences to get anything done2023-01-07
Cadence has cruft and bizarre user experience design2017-04-25
Files lock to one person, others copy and hand-merge edits, losing changes2014-03-12