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nslsmlast Saturday at 11:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Thankfully the CRUD app that is being developed by some random startup is not likely to cause as much harm as the THERAC.


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thunderforklast Sunday at 8:00 PM

Depends on what it's doing.

Worth noting that you've slipped from "checking whether something works is easy" to "well, it's probably not as harmful as a very notable failure if it fucks up."

The bar lowers so quickly.