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"...how often I run into things that are completely broken..." That's because the shotgun approach(sick 40 developers on a single problem idc how they dole out
by debt 7y ago
"...how often I run into things that are completely broken..."
That's because the shotgun approach(sick 40 developers on a single problem idc how they dole out the workload) works well for most low stakes, non-safety-critical software.
So like a reactivation portal for your Amazon seller account is very low stakes. But Boeing treating the 737-MAX the same way, would be(and was) a very bad idea.
Because that low-stakes approach is extremely bug prone.
- skohan 7y agoI think it's also a problem with the culture of a lot of software practices. There's a tendency to naval-gaze around topics like TDD and code review to make sure you're doing Software Development(tm) effectively, without a lot of attention to the actual product or user experience. In other words, code quality over product quality.