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Interestingly that terminology fits in the building trades and we can only dream of making large scale software projects as predictable and reliable and human s
by VLM 10y ago
Interestingly that terminology fits in the building trades and we can only dream of making large scale software projects as predictable and reliable and human safe as large skyscrapers. That is a truly excellent analogy.
- eru 10y agoCost overruns are sadly all too common in construction---especially for anything that goes on below ground. That's where all the surprises are. Skyscrapers and bridges are less likely to fall down than software is to crash. But that's just different failure modes. Projects are still not very predictable.