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Different requirements, different engineering. Nobody needs space-mission-ready CRUD that takes $10 billion and 15 years of development.

• JaimeThompson 5y ago
  I wonder how much has been spent on electronic medical records and related software in the United States?
  • ajmurmann 5y ago
    This is an interesting example as the domain is probably closer (albeit still far away) to the JWST than a photo sharing app is. There is a very high minimum bar to get anything into production because of high regulatory requirements. I bet iterating in this area is much slower and harder because of regulatory hurdles. Definitely an area that requires different processes than your typical SaaS web startup.
  • dekhn 5y ago
    The number is incalcuable, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13861074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13861074 for some context on the fractal horror that is Epic EMR.