I mean if something I design as an electrical engineer kills people because it was faulty, it doesn't matter if the components sucked, because it is my responsi

I mean if something I design as an electrical engineer kills people because it was faulty, it doesn't matter if the components sucked, because it is my responsibility to choose components that do not suck and to test them as well. As someone who also does web development I know that this degree of liability is completely foreign to a big part of the software world, and IMO this is an part of the reason software still sucks big time in terms of efficiency, reliabilty, safety and security. Because if you have to think about liability suddenly the simple rugged system starts to look lot more attractive.