[xp84]

I actually completely agree with you in your approach, but also feel you/we should not take upon our shoulders quite so much responsibility to make the things we build perfectly resilient to bad decisions made by successors in the future. Put another way, I love and also do the “Note: do not use “‘86400 seconds’ - fails 2x per year” comment - however, I have not ever had the “there goes my hard work” thought after I have quit. If they don’t hire equal or more competent developers than me, and they mess up things, that’s actually kind of funny! (Note: if I worked in the medical, military, or nuclear fields, I’d feel very differently!)

[kristopolous]

Those industries are fundamentally different. They don't build software by the same rules.

It's like comparing say, clothing you buy at the mall to the clothing of a hazmat suit - sewing is involved, materials, you need something that fits over a body, it's roughly the same but they're fundamentally different.

There's extensive compliance and regulation. I've done avionics/automobile software. It's not fun or sexy and it isn't supposed to be.

If you try to play by the same rules as the rest of software you get Theranos. It doesn't work.