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Re:The futility of “I told you so” in software engineering t... by thephyber on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:37PM (#23945579)
The faster it fails, the faster you might have an opportunity to point out the failure points and suggest the correct solution.
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Re:The futility of “I told you so” in software engineering t... by opless on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:01PM (#23945707)
Sometimes the solution is 'not to do that bad thing' and quite often there's no going back from that.
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Re:The futility of “I told you so” in software engineering t... by thephyber on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:18PM (#23946388)
Agree, but if you are the person to say "I told you so", you aren't in a position to influence avoiding that condition. Also, the individuals in the project have the potential to learn from the failure even if the project/company doesn't survive.

Obviously there are life critical systems where this shouldn't even be possible, but hopefully there are tests and trials that filter broken products/services before life is put in harm's way.

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