Comment by DrewADesign

There’s even more variety in industrial flows than software architectures, and some of them are pretty fucking complex, but the steps are usually better defined, the processes more deliberate, and the custody of material and process oversight is better documented… at least for manufacturers in more advanced countries that are far more liable for product defects. You can dick around with software or software services with relative impunity, but if you release a product with a dangerous manufacturing defect, or lose a few runs of expensive material, the bottom line is not as forgiving. I’m sure there are places in developing countries burning waste plastic to make garbage pot metal products or something for which that level of oversight provides near zero ROI, but outside of that, it’s usually just a lot more deliberate.