Re:Everyone is still terrible at creating software at scale
by m463 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:53PM
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When you say that, I'm reminded of Feynman's book[1] describing the challenger accident investigation.
Basically he's investigating and goes and talks to the software guys and quickly concludes everything is awesome, and moves onto investigating hardware.
I was initially taken aback by this part. But he later he wrote:
"To summarize, then, the computer software checking system is of highest quality. There appears to be no process of gradually fooling oneself while degrading standards, the process so characteristic of the solid rocket booster and space shuttle main engine safety systems."
It makes sense, I mean they can fly simulations over and over before the shuttle is even built, let alone launched.
[1] The first book was "Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman", the second with the challenger investigation was, "What do you care what other people think?"
Basically he's investigating and goes and talks to the software guys and quickly concludes everything is awesome, and moves onto investigating hardware.
I was initially taken aback by this part. But he later he wrote:
"To summarize, then, the computer software checking system is of highest quality. There appears to be no process of gradually fooling oneself while degrading standards, the process so characteristic of the solid rocket booster and space shuttle main engine safety systems."
It makes sense, I mean they can fly simulations over and over before the shuttle is even built, let alone launched.
[1] The first book was "Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman", the second with the challenger investigation was, "What do you care what other people think?"