[julienchastang]

Fascinating HN thread. I work in the geoinformatics domain where many of the same comments apply. I agree scientists turned programmers are often poor software developers. Moreover, this group often belittles industry established best practices in software development. But in truth, the "pure" software engineer/computer scientist lacks sufficient domain expertise to accomplish something useful. Learning fluid dynamics requires many years of education. Ideally, you would like these two groups to work closely together and with mutual respect.