John Oliver discusses how Boeing went from being a company known for quality craftsmanship to one synonymous with crashes, mishaps, and “quality escape.” Whatever that means.

    • Tolstoshev@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Well said, and re: quality escape, it implies at least two errors. The initial mistake and the mistake in QA not catching the mistake (assuming there is a QA process). We’re fallible humans so we need a QA system to catch the inevitable errors. How tight the QA layer is depends on how mission critical the software or hardware is. A web app is going to have a lighter process than one where failure equals death or disability.

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        7 months ago

        But what if your web app is in control of the plane? JavaScript engineers are plentiful and cheaper after all

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        7 months ago

        And a web app for accessing first aid resources should have a tight process.