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by ffgjgf1 671 days ago
Ordinary developers are effectively just construction workers with a bit more creative freedom.

In al critical systems they are just one part of a chain and all their work has to be verified/validated by at least a few additional actors.

A policeman can just decide to randomly murder someone (and often face no repercussions). While a construction worker or a software developer can cause significant harm as well they almost never have near complete autonomy.