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The Flight Software team is about 35 people. We write all the code for Falcon 9, Grasshopper, and Dragon applications; and do the core platform work, also on th
by varjag 6y ago
The Flight Software team is about 35 people. We write all the code for Falcon 9, Grasshopper, and Dragon applications; and do the core platform work, also on those vehicles; we also write simulation software; test the flight code; write the communications and analysis software, deployed in our ground stations. We also work in Mission Control to support active missions.
- jonplackett 6y agoImagine if everyone on earth was as productive as those 35 people.
- Cyph0n 6y agoI’m imagining the insane work hours.
- varjag 6y agoThere is probably quite some overtime involved. That said, you don't get reliable flight software simply by putting long work hours.
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoIt reminds me of this olognion piece: https://www.theolognion.com/unreal-engine-5-is-meant-to-ridicule-web-developers/#click=https://t.co/sVuOZVdpWA https://www.theolognion.com/unreal-engine-5-is-meant-to-ridi... That's not just hilarious, that's also pretty close to how I feel most of the time. I mean, some people have built the Airbus A380. On the other hand, last week, I created a test DB with the user "test" and the password "test". I couldn't connect to it, and after a long debugging session, noticed I misspelled "test". So, yeah...
- ralston3 6y agoThis is amazing XD
- jonplackett 6y agoWell, that Mars rover missed its target because they got their units of measurement mixed up. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288... So, don’t feel too bad...
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoIt does feel better knowing my mistake didn't cost $125-million dollars. Is there a book that lists many bugs and weird IT stories? Like the 500km email or the FileNotFound boolean.
- arexxbifs 6y agoA selection of dangerous and/or expensive bugs from space flight alone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Space I'm sure there's plenty more, albeit of lesser significance.
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoThanks
- jagannathtech 6y agoI put comma ',' instead of the dot '.' in a file name with extension and wasted a couple of hours debugging.
- arexxbifs 6y agoI appreciate it's a joke, kicking at open doors at that. Still, here's what one dude coded in JavaScript on his spare time a few years ago: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71881 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71881
- karatestomp 6y agoYou can get a lot done when you're not re-inventing HTML dropdown form elements or replacing the Android date picker because some "stakeholder" just really, really needs them to look on-brand. And other low-value bullshit tasks done solely on the guesswork-hunch-feelings of someone whose job is to create new Jira tasks. See also: 90s development teams who made all kinds of things you'd expect a team 5x as large and a timeline twice as long for, today.