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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by jl6 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:22PM (#29490693)
This is how you are supposed to build software too.
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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by danielheath on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:44PM (#29490931)
Who supposed that?

Broken software can be fixed cheaply after the fact. Yeah, it’s cheaper if you find the bugs earlier but it shouldn’t come as any surprise that pre-validation is more extensive in systems that are expensive to change.

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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by s1artibartfast on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:50PM (#29490995)
There are lots of different types of software.

There are phone note apps and control systems for jets and artificial hearts

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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @07:21PM (#29492373)
All that falls within the same paradigm, it's just now that now your user requirements have a little flexibility around fault tolerance.

You still have SLAs to manage and meet.

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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by cortesoft on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @06:20PM (#29491892)
Whether you are “supposed” to do that or not really depends on what kind of software you are building.
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