Phillip Hanasz
Co-founder & CEO, Next Everything
Co-founder and CEO of Next Everything. Before that he co-founded Next Real Studio, which made over 100,000 AI-generated product visuals for more than 200 furniture businesses, and was CTO at wunderloop. ReaktorX ’26. Writes about building with AI at hanasz.com.
Posts by Phillip
AI symbol and footprint generators in 2026: who publishes accuracy?
Stillwind, PCBPartz, Librizer, Flux, CELUS, Circuit Mind, PartGenie, Zenode, SnapMagic, datasheets.md compared: output, pricing, API or MCP, accuracy.
GuidesThe part that is 3% lighter is the worse part. Design with what you can buy
Supply-aware design in practice. Why availability and price belong in the design loop, not after it, and how an assistant with a parts tool changes that loop.
GuidesWhy can your AI read a datasheet but not order the part? MCP in five minutes
The Model Context Protocol explained for people who build hardware. Tools, resources, remote servers, which assistants support it, and the security basics.
ComparisonsXometry vs Next Everything: can one quote cover the boards, the prints and the brackets?
Xometry vs Next Everything as of October 2026: processes, quoting, AI and MCP access, payment, order size, and when each is the right Xometry alternative.
AI models for hardwareWhich AI assistants support MCP in October 2026? Only 2 of 6 document it
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Muse and Le Chat: which can call a custom MCP server, read-only or write, and what that means for ordering parts.