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> Apple is evidently not using to hire enough code reviewers It's naive to think that the more people you throw at the problem, the less bugs there will be. S
by colinbartlett 13y ago
> Apple is evidently not using to hire enough code reviewers
It's naive to think that the more people you throw at the problem, the less bugs there will be.
See also: The Mythical Man-Month.
- sneak 13y agoCatching bugs via parallel support staff not in the primary workflow, or even building automated infrastructure is exactly the kind of parallelism that Brooks diagrams out as within the realm of workable in his team structure diagrams in TMMM. The intel agencies (both the ones where Apple lives, and all the other ones too) are black box testing this stuff, every single point release, automatically - you can be sure. Why Apple isn't is confusing. They wouldn't even have to be on the team or in the building with the development efforts themselves. There's something we're missing here.
- danielweber 13y agoIf you are saying "merely hiring more people to review the code won't work," then I agree. [1] If you are saying "hiring more highly-skilled people to review the code won't work," then I'll disagree. App sec engineers can be had for the price. [1] I say this despite the fact that this was a bug that leapt out at people who had no security knowledge. The one before this and the one after this won't be like that.
- serge2k 13y agoProper code reviews help. Oh, and unit tests.