> Contrast that to programming. A single "<" instead of "<=" could be the difference between totally fine and billions of dollars of damages.
Disagree. This is true purely at the coding level, yes. Anyone could make a typo.
If you're running a company that releases software with the risk exposure of crowdstrike, you better not have a release model where that typo goes straight to production. There need to be many layers of different kinds of testing. If carefully built, now there are many layers all of which have to fail for the bug to go live. You can bring down the failure probability down to negligible levels with enough layers of validation.
> find a way to separate innocent run-of-the-mill mistakes from gross negligence - and that's going to be extremely hard to formalize.
I don't think it's that hard. Not saying it is trivial, but it is well within the capability of the industry if we just focused a little bit on quality instead of 100% in profit.
Standardize models and layers of testing coverage. If you implement them all then you're not being negligent and thus should not be liable. If you decide to skip them, liable.
Disagree. This is true purely at the coding level, yes. Anyone could make a typo.
If you're running a company that releases software with the risk exposure of crowdstrike, you better not have a release model where that typo goes straight to production. There need to be many layers of different kinds of testing. If carefully built, now there are many layers all of which have to fail for the bug to go live. You can bring down the failure probability down to negligible levels with enough layers of validation.
> find a way to separate innocent run-of-the-mill mistakes from gross negligence - and that's going to be extremely hard to formalize.
I don't think it's that hard. Not saying it is trivial, but it is well within the capability of the industry if we just focused a little bit on quality instead of 100% in profit.
Standardize models and layers of testing coverage. If you implement them all then you're not being negligent and thus should not be liable. If you decide to skip them, liable.