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then why would engineers in other industries accept theirs? IMO software should move a lot slower, but the economy does not work that way. There's way too many
by kajaktum 4y ago
then why would engineers in other industries accept theirs? IMO software should move a lot slower, but the economy does not work that way. There's way too many experimental things that go live in production.
- throwaway2037 4y agoI think it was either Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, or Herb Sutter who said that if we "went slower" (took less risks / program more like embedded / NASA / JAXA / ESA), we would still be living in the computing stone age. The real trick is to take calculated risks given your business environment and constraints. Usually, on any given team, there is one person who thinks they are "flying to the moon" with their accounting software (or whatever). And their pace is ridiculously slow, and code vastly over-designed and tested. They are always planning for once in 10,000 years events.