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On one hand I cannot believe what we have actually works as well as it does. Duct tape and bubblegum everywhere at all levels and it actually still works. I’m a
by spacemadness 3y ago
On one hand I cannot believe what we have actually works as well as it does. Duct tape and bubblegum everywhere at all levels and it actually still works. I’m amazed everyday at what humanity has accomplished with that in mind. On the other hand I can’t help but notice just how damn buggy everything is, and I’m not sure if everything is actually more buggy or if I’m just losing patience with big business software development as I age having seen how the sausage is made. I can’t help being angry at some illusory product person telling people to ship feature X or else with it having a glaring bug in the UX that is easily caught.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThe vast majority of humanity has always run on duct tape and bubblegum. :) There are still computer systems designed with high reliability and accuracy. See flight control systems. New technology typically doesn't work on duct tape and bubblegum. So it has to be good. Current technology is going to be just right enough to work.
- solarwindy 3y ago[dead]
- syndicatedjelly 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape It can be hard to tell what is "duct tape" and what is "speed tape" in software these days. An aircraft mechanic doesn't need to know the structural differences between the two - just use speed tape to be safe. Similarly, a pure programmer doesn't have to know the difference between ufw and Windows Firewall - just use the latter and move on. However, an engineer (mechanical or software) better understand the differences in both situations