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What’s so evil about zip ties? They probably shouldn’t end up in a real deliverable product but for prototypes and proof of concepts I’ve always found them to be very useful.



The usual work flow is zip tie while you're building bundles then everything needs to get packed into a wire sleeve.

That being said, for small bundles and with the right tools/technique you can route pretty well and make cable ties aesthetic.


The prototype always gets pushed into production and then you’re never again allowed to make any changes to it.

But you are still responsible for fixing all the problems.


Yeah I here you there I’m sure that happens all the time.

I’ve mostly done R&D work in my career so I guess my real question to you is what are all the problems that happen when zip ties are used in production.




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