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I couldn't agree more. I don't know if any of the commenters have built systems where lives or livelihoods are on the line; involving decisions where billions

I couldn't agree more. I don't know if any of the commenters have built systems where lives or livelihoods are on the line; involving decisions where billions of dollars and many lives are at stake; nobody sets out to build unsafe systems or cut corners. The development process for aircraft is built with redundencies and multiple levels of validation; everything is tested and certified by internal and external experts. Software engineers fly on these planes monitoring their own software while in flight. I wonder how many people have trusted their own life with their code?

Nomentatus 8y ago
My bosses DID set out to build unsafe systems, to save money, and ordered me not to fix unsafe software for that reason; even after explicit warnings. Which crashed that nonprofit. It's common. There are many motivations including agent-principle problems, narcissism, and more. "Nobody sets out to make an excessively safe product that won't turn a profit" would be more accurate.