[aliswe]

developing software doesn't work like that, and the companies that do develop software like that are technologically stagnant.

[teakettle42]

Developing software absolutely can work like that if you don’t accept that shoddy workmanship is an acceptable cost to levy on your customers.

I work on operating systems for a FANG company; I’m not unfamiliar with what “developing software” works like.

It’s a choice to move fast and break things, not a requirement.