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Re:Old box, dumb code, few thousand connections, no big deal by wondringaloud on Thursday May 07, 2020 @06:18PM (#23109015)
She developed a prototype based on a hunch and a whim. Great work, no doubt, but engineering isn't based on intuition and some experience. Real engineering has a goal or specification in mind, and then proves through modeling, analysis, and _finally_ testing that it meets those specs.

Whipping something up and then seeing what it's capable of doesn't qualify.

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Re:Old box, dumb code, few thousand connections, no big deal by kragen on Thursday May 07, 2020 @07:52PM (#23109768)
"Whipping something up and then seeing what it's capable of" in simulation or prototype is also known as "modeling and analysis". Prototypes and testing are definitely a valid, even central, part of engineering.
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