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As someone who works in manufacturing, I can't count the number of times I've been told to "just make it work". And, in reality, sometimes that truly is the bes
by mu_killnine 7y ago
As someone who works in manufacturing, I can't count the number of times I've been told to "just make it work". And, in reality, sometimes that truly is the best option in the immediate term to get a system working so you can make enhancements later. But I think that's the operative phrase: so you can enhance later.
The challenge is that once the immediate fire is out, it's easy to simply leave things in a half-baked state. That accumulates as technical debt.
Thankfully, most of the instances where I have had to deal with this has been purely software and not affected the lives and comfort of operators on the floor like with Tesla. But I can see how this happens. Even if the 'tent' becomes a permanent installation, I hope they spend the time and money to improve it to the necessary working standards that employees deserve.
- majjam 7y agoNormalization of deviance: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19770562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19770562
- Barrin92 7y ago>And, in reality, sometimes that truly is the best option in the immediate term to get a system working so you can make enhancements later. well that depends on the industry. Toy manufacturer probably, aeorospace engineer, not so much. I would think of cars without drivers of belonging into the second category.
- just_myles 7y agoMe too. Given the importance of the part and what would happen should it go out during operation do to cutting corners.
- m463 7y agoI wonder what is an acceptable "make it work"? I had an old GM car and looked at it on a lift once and... "hey, what are those?" shims. It had lots of shims from the factory to make the body straight. I suspect there are lots of these "fixers" in many products that will work unnoticed, but people might not want to know they exist.