Industry standards are overwhelmingly better than government regulations (laws). > Okay this is probably something that needs a very high level of stability. B

Industry standards are overwhelmingly better than government regulations (laws). > Okay this is probably something that needs a very high level of stability. But many apps/websites arent about life and death. If hackernews goes down no one dies. If a bridge goes down people might die. That is why civil engineering is more regulated (and work takes more time than if it wasnt). Yeah, sometimes folks are working on something that doesn't matter at all, but that's the exception rather than the norm. As a general rule, what we do can cost someone their life or their livelihood: sure my foul-up might not kill any users/ customers, but the lost ad revenue might cost some junior Nobody their job as part of budget cuts. That person loses their income for rent and for food, they lose their health insurance (maybe for their family), and I don't have a care in the world because my foul-up didn't impact me in any meaningful way. Everything involves risk and we shouldn't punish individuals for taking a risk we told them to take -- but we often take risks without considering the consequences, and without _bearing_ any of the consequences. It's called a "moral hazard".