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People are sometimes kind of down on that approach in software, considering it sloppy. Especially in comparison to other engineering disciplines it just looks kinda bad sure.

But really I'm pretty sure if for example civil engineers could build a bridge in an hour and load it up consequence-free they'd do it too.

The fact that we do it isn't bad at all, but yeah it's easy to not realize when you've exited the realm of consequence-free testing.

[Mauricebranagh]

Well hundreds of years of bridge disasters, fatalities and some times bad poetry [https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/tay-bridge-dis...] is a harsh teacher.

[devoutsalsa]

I wonder how long it will be before we can 3-D print a dam in place.

[hyperhopper]

I mean, the novel of 3d printing is that it's just additive construction, don't we already build dams and almost all other structures that way already?

A crane is just a bigger print arm :)

[hutzlibu]

Yes, but the dream is to build physical things, just with software.

You type in your commands and then magic happens and something is build (after a while). Nothing to be done by hand (ideally)

But I would love to play with a fully automated remote controlled printer the size of an crane, though.

But then there should probably be no humans around.

[devoutsalsa]

You have a point :)

[agustif]

Those beaver-bots will be ferocious!