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> I am very glad that none of the code or tests that I write can kill anything more critical than a web site. Why? You don't trust yourself writing critical co
by avmich 8y ago
> I am very glad that none of the code or tests that I write can kill anything more critical than a web site.
Why? You don't trust yourself writing critical code? Maybe you think others are better qualified for that? Or maybe you just don't want to apply corresponding efforts to make systems work in this case?
- hirundo 8y ago> You don't trust yourself writing critical code? Absolutely this. There have been many occasions where a piece of code was business critical, I made every effort to get it right, tested exhaustively, and it still failed. Once only dumb luck saved my employer from financial disaster. I am not competent to write code that is critical for life, and doubt I ever will be. Still I think I'm a good coder, which means I think that most coders are in the same boat. NASA has coders that are far better than I ever was or will be. Still, it's an act of great bravery or foolishness for anyone to blast off in an experimental spacecraft that depends on software for survival.