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> Engineers always deliver the highest quality. Engineers deliver a cheaper product that still meets some known set of requirements with whatever safety margin
by dmoy 3y ago
> Engineers always deliver the highest quality.
Engineers deliver a cheaper product that still meets some known set of requirements with whatever safety margin.
The quality is as good as the requirements dictate.
A big reason why software is largely not engineering is because nobody knows wtf the requirements actually are, and the dependency stack is unknowably large
- borlanco 3y agoIt's true that engineering principles are not usually applied in the software field, but if quality is the most important requirement, they are indispensable. Example: https://galois.com/ https://galois.com/ Example: https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs162/sp13/hand-outs/They-Write-the-Right-Stuff.pdf https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs162/sp13/hand-outs/They-Wr...