Feynman, Challenger Disaster, and Software Engineering

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/richard-feynman-challenger-disaster-software-engineering

by teeja • 17 years ago

67 7 17 years ago

Excellent Article. Thought I am very skeptical about its relevance to SWE, the report however is worth a read.

gchpaco• 17 years ago

Feynman's report comments briefly on the software, but it is much more relevant as a way of thinking about engineering in general.

edw519• 17 years ago

We suck because we constantly ignore well-established, well-known, empirically proven practices.

And we ignore them because we are in such a hurry to release anything that is "good enough". (But then again, a social website != space shuttle software.)

ludwig• 17 years ago

I forget where I read this quote, but here it is paraphrased: "Whereas in Physics people stand on the shoulders of giants, in Computer Science people stand on each other's toes."

sdave• 17 years ago

best piece i ve' read all day.

idlewords• 17 years ago

Feynman, Challenger Disaster, and Software Engineering

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