Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 11/09/2026OMGFinancial Times@financialtimes.comBreaking news: A military aircraft entering 'spurious' flight data into the UK’s air traffic control system led to an outage that caused thousands of planes to be grounded and unleashed a crisis that threatens to topple the head of the agency. 35710
David @1daveymo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Safety critical software so fragile that incorrect data input can crash it. Wow. Even when i started work as a Junior junior programmer donkeys years ago. That was something we knew wasn't acceptable. 220
David 🏴 @davidsheryn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’m quite certain it didn’t “crash”, but in fact, entered a well-defined state that preserved the known good data in a safe state… 001
Gethin @gethin76.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"We write idiot proof software, they just keep throwing bigger idiots at it" 050
