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> There are laws specifically regulating how often such checks have to be done. But that is true in software as well, as long as you are working on safety crit
by david-gpu 5y ago
> There are laws specifically regulating how often such checks have to be done.
But that is true in software as well, as long as you are working on safety critical systems. Sure, most software engineering is not safety critical, but that doesn't make it less engineering. In the same way that an electronics engineer doesn't stop being so just because they happen to be working in non-safety-critical systems.
In essence the argument of safety boils down to "if it can't kill people then it is not engineering", which I find rather humorous.
- atoav 5y agoSure, not killing people plays a big role. However in ELV consumer electronics there are also norms you have to follow and liabilities that could happen (burning batteries, EMI interference, etc). Usually extensive testing and processes of certification get rid of auch a thing. I know certification in Software can be a flipping nightmare, but sometimes I wish they just had some hacker and data privacy lawyer look at it for a weekend and if they find something they cannot release it to the market.