One learns quickly in software development not to trust people who say "let's just put this hack in to get the demo out of the way; we'll clean it up later". La

One learns quickly in software development not to trust people who say "let's just put this hack in to get the demo out of the way; we'll clean it up later". Later never comes; today's prototype is tomorrow's production. I'd have thought people would be more cautious with actual physical engineering when lives are at risk, but I guess the incentives are the same everywhere.