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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by aliqot on Saturday January 07, 2023 @09:33AM (#34288283)
I've never wished ill on HN, but I'm glad they failed at this approach. People can get hurt, physically, financially, beyond repair by groups that take the software mentality into physical products.

Skilled laborers cost money not for what they're doing for you, but for the years and sweat they put into knowing safety practices, codes, and proper workmanship.

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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by nibbleshifter on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:47AM (#34289783)
> People can get hurt, physically, financially, beyond repair by groups that take the software mentality into physical products.

Exactly. And in this case, the physical product was to be housing. We have building codes for a reason...

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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by turtlebits on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:46PM (#34291194)
This is why inspections, engineered plans and structural calculations are required.

Home owners who aren’t experts should be able to build their own house.

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Re:What Happened to Rent the Backyard (post-mortem) by nibbleshifter on Saturday January 07, 2023 @01:49PM (#34291232)
> Home owners who aren’t experts should be able to build their own house.

They can.

There's a massive difference though between self building for yourself, to live in, and building commercially for other, paying people to live in.

While both need to be at least compliant with minimum standards of some form, commercial builders must be held to a higher standard given the third parties they are putting at risk.

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