Every Day Bible » yikes http://www.happyhiatt.com a walk of discipleship Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why software development scares me http://www.happyhiatt.com/2009/10/15/why-software-development-scares-me/ http://www.happyhiatt.com/2009/10/15/why-software-development-scares-me/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:45:58 +0000 Happy http://www.happyhiatt.com/?p=324 Developers, like me, are writing software for things that could kill me.

Did you see this news story? An error in programming gave hospital patients overdoses of radiation for 18 months before it was detected. If you read the story, it boils down to the fact that the guy in charge messed with settings he shouldn’t have been allowed to even see. So, maybe we don’t blame the programmers…

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