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Blaine Osepchuk • Edited

Thanks, Scott.

I think we're getting away with it because, despite how bad we are at it, software just provides so much value.

That equation changes when people start to die or experience significant harm. So you see regulation on medical devices, avionics, weapon systems, cars (more and more), etc.

I think the list of regulated software areas is going to increase as we go forward.

But, yeah, there's a killing to be made if you can figure out how to reliably deliver working software with low defect rates and reasonable costs. Praxis tried but it's not clear to me how successful that venture was.