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by kristopolous 1119 days ago
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.