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by Horffupolde 929 days ago
If 200 people died after a db instance crashed, software would be equal in that regard.
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To prove this, software that deals with medical stuff is somewhat more like aviation.
Also, aviation and software aren't orthogonal. E.g., the article mentioned that part of the reason the pilot was able to sustain a very narrow velocity window between stall and overrunning the runway was because of the A380's fly by wire system.
Yep. Insulin pumps can kill their owner and the software updates need to be FDA approved:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773959/

Likewise, in "aviation" when the entertainment system completely fails in a 4 hour flight, there is most like no post mortem at all. They turn it off/on again just like most of us.
This is true in a lot of industries. Unless there’s 7+ figure costs or significant human losses, there’s usually not an exhaustive investigation to conclusively point to the exact cause and chain of events.
Some people who think this is ideal for any sort of software tech sound they would also want a 3 hour post mortem with whoever designed the rooms, after slightly stubbing a toe.