Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026not even software works like software otherwise all those software engineering practices would produce good software, which they demonstrably do not 7966
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026forget law — if engineers were to try and apply software engineering practices to, like, a bridge, they would be shot 6402
🧿 bird sorcerer 🧿 @weirdoqueen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026software engineering practices exist so that software engineers have something to ignore because they are somehow better than others and don't need to follow those rules 020
henrybemis13.bsky.social @henrybemis13.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Funny that during voir dire at my last jury duty assignment a software programmer told the lawyer he was excited to be on the jury because he thought law was logical *unlike* software engineering 031
jeff elrod @jeffelrod.dev · 10/04/2026the masculine (derogatory) urge to say shit like "if we could just... do formal verification on the entire legal system... the world would be a better place!" 020
Carl Marxman, buff Ogryn @carlmarxman.northsky.social · 10/04/2026My software is perfect. Wonderful. The epitome of design and implementation! How dare you, sir? *cough* 010
neck romancey @bruxa.online · 10/04/2026"the law works exactly like software" is true (derogatory): both are filled with unintended consequences, unforeseen loopholes, and bad design decisions stemming from compromises between stakeholders with vastly different priorities 020
