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Re:Things I Believe About Software Engineering by iainmerrick on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:47AM (#22223361)
Change in a software project definitely isn’t free but I do think it’s fair to say it’s easier than changing a bridge design halfway through.

Maybe there’s not as big a difference as people think, though?

It occurs to me that is actually possible to change the design of a bridge late in the day. The extra dampers to fix resonance problems on London’s Millennium Bridge are a nice example.

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Re:Things I Believe About Software Engineering by peteradio on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:40AM (#22223611)
I think there is a bit of respect for the bridge building process not to change it half way through on a whim.
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Re:Things I Believe About Software Engineering by iainmerrick on Monday February 03, 2020 @12:21PM (#22226335)
Or maybe bridge engineers are better at pushing back on change requests.

(I don’t actually know which it is; maybe it’s both)

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