Its one thing for someone's product to suck because its slow, or even crash prone. Its another completely for it to display data wrong. I don't accept that its acceptable or normal. In my industry if our core applications did this it would be a massive regulatory scandal and wouldn't be tolerated by anyone.
I've been saying it for awhile that these kind of critical systems where lives, large sums of money or crucial infrastructure are on the line should fundamentally handle their software differently than the rest of the industry. The 737 Max crashed because the developers weren't held to the same standard as the aerospace engineers who built the plane. This account system failed because the developers weren't held to the same standard as accountants are. Why should developers get a free pass?
We need to stop treating all software with the same degree of validation and assurance. Some things are more important than others and should have legally codified practices and liability.
I've been saying it for awhile that these kind of critical systems where lives, large sums of money or crucial infrastructure are on the line should fundamentally handle their software differently than the rest of the industry. The 737 Max crashed because the developers weren't held to the same standard as the aerospace engineers who built the plane. This account system failed because the developers weren't held to the same standard as accountants are. Why should developers get a free pass?
We need to stop treating all software with the same degree of validation and assurance. Some things are more important than others and should have legally codified practices and liability.