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The difference between electrical engineering and software engineering is that software can be updated after it’s deployed. The ability to get all of those gain
by rkagerer 2y ago
The difference between electrical engineering and software engineering is that software can be updated after it’s deployed. The ability to get all of those gains later changes the strategy completely
This attitude is one vendors have leaned into way too hard, and it's why there are so many consumer products out there which shipped with half-baked, buggy firmware.
- kortilla 2y agoIt’s not an attitude, it’s how the industry works. You’re an uninformed fool if you think otherwise and fast moving businesses will eat you alive. >which shipped with half-baked, buggy firmware. Because consumers pay for this shit. It’s the world we live in. The people working on the bug free version ship a year later after the buggy competitor ate the whole market. They’ve also taken the recognized revenue to take a higher valuation and hire more engineers to rewrite their buggy system than won the market. Bugs don’t matter unless it’s a competitive market where they can change a sale. A startup operating in that kind of market is already fucked.
- rkagerer 2y agoIn turn and with respect, I argue your perspective is myopic and completely misses the huge desire/opportunity in today's market for reliable products. (This is why Apple got so far ahead of their competition).