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> For better and worse. Most older building materials do not pass current building codes¹, That's primarily because they had to comply with the requirements of
by rumanator 7y ago
> For better and worse. Most older building materials do not pass current building codes¹,
That's primarily because they had to comply with the requirements of that time instead of requirements created in the future.
Nevertheless, rigorous compliance is not the point. The point is that the whole industry is focused on standardization, complying with specs, and use only tried and true technologies and techniques. That's not what the software development industry is about.
- labawi 7y ago> use only tried and true technologies and techniques. I was merely pointing out it has significant and serious downsides as well (which may be overwhelmed by the upsides). If we were to apply similar principles to software development, it would have benefits and also downsides, both of which should be considered.