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The longevity of Voyager has only a little to do with software engineering, and latest software engineering has even less to do with building spacecraft like Vo
by jvanderbot 2y ago
The longevity of Voyager has only a little to do with software engineering, and latest software engineering has even less to do with building spacecraft like Voyager.
- Dalewyn 2y agoIf anything I expect modern software engineering to have significantly higher risks of failure than programmers of ye olde days. Why? The first step today would be installing Discord[1], the second step would be updating code live 420 no scope[2], and the third step would be figuring out how many JavaScript abstractions are desired. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42162380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42162380 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41217037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41217037
- jvanderbot 2y agoI think the pushback is b/c this falls on common stereotypes about modern software being bloated and unnecessarily fragile. Those are justified stereotypes often enough, but spacecraft software is such a different animal that it just doesn't really apply very often.