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Re:Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas by raesene9 on Sunday February 24, 2019 @12:48PM (#19239607)
The software industry has been a thing for over 60 years now, with the first commercial software company being founded in 1955 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_industry#History).

The first commercial aviation company was formed in 1909 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline#History), the FAA was founded in 1958 and the NTSB in 1967....

At some point the "we're in our infancy" stage has to end.

Re:Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas by trevyn on Sunday February 24, 2019 @03:48PM (#19240532)
The guidelines for safe aviation have way lower Kolmogorov complexity than the guidelines for safe “everything that software can do”-iation. It’s actually close to a subset when you think about it.
Re:Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas by mruts on Sunday February 24, 2019 @12:57PM (#19239647)
Well ideally it would end when we know what the fuck we are doing.. the number of bugs I find in all sorts of software (with Apple being one of the worst offenders) is frankly embarrassing and a pox mark of the entire industry.

If planes were as reliable as software they would be the leading cause of death in the world.

Re:Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas by dchichkov on Sunday February 24, 2019 @01:29PM (#19239815)
I would recommend reading "Developing Safety-Critical Software: A Practical Guide for Aviation Software and DO-178C Compliance".
Re:Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas by bdamm on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:30AM (#19246285)
The software planes use is reliable.