From a Linkage Built on Sand to Scientific Software — pylinkage 0.7.0
pylinkage is a Python library for planar linkage synthesis: you design a mechanism, define a target motion, and the optimizer — using particle swarm optimization — finds the right dimensions. If you’re new to the project, I wrote about its origins in A Solid Snake. Version 0.7.0 is a foundational rewrite. Not new features stacked on old code, but everything rebuilt on proper abstractions. Here’s why I made these changes and how the library is now much better. ...