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What a joke. This role deserves way better, but I understand it's only been around since 2018.

• acdha 2y ago
  This seems like a very pat dismissal of what upon reading further seems like a very reasonable critique of the industry. Vendors have been seriously exploiting their ability to decline responsibility for their product development decisions and that often has significant negatives for affected users.
  • sublinear 2y ago
    I think we've all seen bad software. I agree it's a problem. What I question is where the blame is being placed. > Naturally, if writing flawless code was super easy, it would be done without fail. Some developers are clearly careless or clueless, leading to vulnerabilities and other bugs, and sometimes skilled humans with the best intentions simply make mistakes. In any case, Easterly isn't happy with the current defect rate. To be fair this is the author of the article saying this. However just about all the examples of guideline adherence are about product features, not bugs. The software quality problem squarely lies with incompetent management and idiots with checklists. That this role is currently being filled by someone with a military background doesn't help at all.
    • acdha 2y ago
      I think that’s a good example of the problem with The Register, but I think we should try to focus more on Easterly’s quoted statements which accurately identify the problem as corporate.