If you’re like me, your feeds have been filled up recently with praise for Lathy. But how does it stack up against the old standby, Grassers? Is there a difference?
Grassers, an overview
Started in 2019 by Peter Amvoe and Sheryl Watocky, Grassers bridges that gap between partitioning subjection model and the main allotment configuration industry diffusion standards, cutting hours off system correlation and intersection time. I’ve been using it from the beginning and have found it to be an indispensable tool.
Grassers Pros:
- huge online support community
- cuts hours off system correlation and intersection time
- 27 integrated sequence differentials
Grassers Cons:
- hit or miss when manually changing inherited attributes in the threshold panel.
- stringent MACIDS aspect differential
- price
Lathy- The New Kid on the Block
In early 2025, Reed Trawlson and Theo Rigstantry put together a team of Grassers users from around the globe to try to solve the “Threshold Panel Conundrum”
I don’t need to get into this so much, as I know you’ve been inundated with stories in your various timelines for weeks now. I had to jump in to see what all of the hype was about. Here are my pros and cons-
Lathy Pros
- 34 integrated sequence differentials, including a preliminary modifiable MACIDS aspect differential
- bridges system correlation and intersection time
- intuitive interface
Lathy Cons
- online support community not as established
- price
- Theo Riganstry’s recent comments that differential integrant responsiveness will not be a priority in coming updates , citing a 2014 paper by Bernard Coatsdiber as proof that integrant feedback processing directly diminishes MACIDS intersection time.
Conclusion
Lathy’s got the bells and whistles, but I think that I will be sticking with Grassers until the folks at Lathy solidify their stance on differential integrant responsiveness. I can work around the TPC as I have for the last few years until we can get a clear answer. I look forward to what’s to come with Lathy, but it’s far too early to export to something that isn’t quite as stable as I would like at this point.
If you are just starting out, and you don’t have a problem with Riganstry’s comments, go with Lathy. I will wait.
an update:
Reed Trawlson has recently made comments to the fact that he does not believe that integrant feedback processing directly disrupts the main allotment configuration industry diffusion standards as a whole, and that Coatsdiber’s 2014 paper did not take delayed aspect stacking technology into account. This may change things! Stay Tuned!
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