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juggle-anyhowyesterday at 2:59 PM1 replyview on HN

Do you think the people writing the code that operates aircraft care about code quality? After the boeing incident I do not.


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groundtruthdevyesterday at 3:04 PM

Fair point and that’s exactly why Airbus has been eating Boeing’s lunch. When engineering culture takes a back seat to cost, schedule, and optics, outcomes diverge fast. In safety-critical systems, rigor isn’t optional, it’s the competitive advantage.