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If it produces results, does it matter whether you call it "engineering" or "hacking"?

[beat]

It depends on the result. If the result is public embarrassment of the company and the loss of millions in market worth? If the result is someone dying?

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Do you have any actual evidence that a culture of design documents and signoffs produces code with fewer vulnerabilities?

[user5994461]

How to make flawless software that goes into space => A truckload of process and design documents. https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff

Whatever software is made, the [lack of] efforts put in design and reviews will have high impact on quality [or lack thereof].