Comment by high_5
10 hours ago
Correct code is not cheap. And some places you need a very correct code. Like in mission critical systems.
10 hours ago
Correct code is not cheap. And some places you need a very correct code. Like in mission critical systems.
The fundamentals of writing correct code have become dramatically cheaper by orders of magnitude. I have been involved in hiring dozens of developers. Fable/Opus 5.5 would be a superior drop-in replacement for perhaps 75% of those hires at roughly 1/100 the cost.
How many people on HN work on mission critical systems? The discussion is not currently constrained to that. I agree, but the exception proves the rule.
Define "mission critical" and then maybe we can come up with a reasonable estimate.