logoalt Hacker News

carl_dryesterday at 6:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

No, it’s really not, it’s none of our jobs to do that. It’s our job to make our employer (even if you are your own employer) money.

It’s incredibly rare you have the luxury of even trying to deliver bug free code, let alone achieve it.


Replies

nxc18yesterday at 9:07 PM

And this attitude is why we have the software we have in 2026. The profession used to recognize value beyond next quarter’s dividend (jk, we only do stock buybacks now for tax reasons).

dfxm12yesterday at 6:51 PM

People eventually stop using, and paying for, buggy code.

show 1 reply