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Re:Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore by bumby on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:19AM (#21955691)
To the OP’s point, I think the claim is that this doesn’t work well if the unknown space is safety critical.
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Re:Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore by mytailorisrich on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:21AM (#21955702)
Yes, that would go under "cheaply" in my previous comment.
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Re:Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore by bumby on Saturday January 04, 2020 @05:07PM (#21957918)
Sorry, I don’t follow.

Are you saying it works well in safety critical software development?

Cheaply in the case of adverse outcomes (whether cost, environmental impact, or impact on life) seems at odds with the very definition of software that has a high severity if it fails. I.e., to say safety critical software can be developed “cheaply” seems to ignore the costly consequences of that software failing

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Re:Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore by mytailorisrich on Sunday January 05, 2020 @04:14AM (#21960436)
It does not work for safety critical software because it is obviously not cheap to break things...
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