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Regulation is as challenging as adding features to complex software systems. Achieving the desired outcome without causing any undesired consequences is very h
by kjhughes 5y ago
Regulation is as challenging as adding features to complex software systems. Achieving the desired outcome without causing any undesired consequences is very hard.
In some ways, it's even harder than adapting complex software systems: At least software systems don't commonly consist of subsystems with independent, self-interest-seeking goal structures that lobby you during design for features they favor or exploit latent defects post-deployment.
- Gigachad 5y agoAnd in software you can test the change locally rather than having to pitch an untested idea to the world and run the test live.
- PeopleB4Cars 5y agoYou can do that in regulation too, it's called a pilot program
- bcrosby95 5y agoI don't know if this is a joke, but working at large software organizations with many independent teams is a lot like what you just described.
- quantified 5y agoBoth always need to be debugged in production with real participants and don’t get patches quickly enough.