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There are plenty of embedded systems which hit 1.0 and stayed there for years and decades.
by qznc 7y ago
There are plenty of embedded systems which hit 1.0 and stayed there for years and decades.
- wpietri 7y agoIn that case, I hope somebody points me at a few of them. My guess is that if we look at the circumstances, they won't hold a lot of lessons for us. As an example, the IRS is still running 60-year-old code: https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/04/irs-60-year-old-it-system-failed-tax-day-due-new-hardware/147598/ https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/04/irs-60-year... Is that because that code and hardware is especially good? Because the initial design and research process was so perfect that people are still entirely happy with it? I'm guessing not.
- qznc 7y agoThere is no secret. You develop a process, enforce it, and refine it. It becomes bureaucratic, expensive, and boring. Just like the civil engineering people compare against here. The process is nothing surprising. Write tests, document your code, follow the style guide, etc.