My introduction to computing course had us read about the Therac-25 and write an essay about it. While code we write doesn't always have such dire consequences

My introduction to computing course had us read about the Therac-25 and write an essay about it. While code we write doesn't always have such dire consequences, it was an eye opener to me as a freshman in college. It definitely made designing software/hardware to never fail have a much higher priority on my list of priorities.