If making that kind of software isn't intrinsically fun for you then maybe don't be a computer …

Corrollary: people who build bridges don't think it's fun when bridges collapse, but bridge builders have had millenia of accumulated experience that inform the codes and practices of bridge building. That's what we lack in software. If you do electrical work that isn't up to code, you as the electrician are liable. That means literally that if you touch a system, and you were the last one to touch it, you're liable. So it better be up to code when you're done. It should be the same for computerers.

> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. Since search engines suck so bad lately: anyone know a good complete summary of that method of hers?

> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. The IT industry collectively went, "meh." I have tried to look into this before, and I never can find much information about it. Last I checked, her homepage was basically trying to sell some proprietary system to customers who have bought into her marketing about "bug-free software". But actually trying to figure out how it works, or how to do it oneself, has remained elusive. Saying "The IT industry collectively went, 'meh.'" is kind of misleading. It's not exactly clear _what_ she worked out, but I'm skeptical of the claim that she "worked out how to write bug-free software". And if she did, she isn't exactly shouting from the rooftops about how to do it.

> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. The IT industry collectively went, "meh." That's an often repeated myth but it collapses the moment one digs a bit further (rather than swallowing preposterous statements). She was a glorified manager at best, others did the programming that actually mattered. Hal Laning [2] was primarily responsible for what Hamilton gets credit for. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/18yum8s/no_marg... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LELUXyVDOKk