Do you think that formal specifications might alleviate logical bugs to an extent?
Yes, it appears that companies won't budget that at all.
Many seem to ship fast, fix later.
It is also on the customer, really.
Some people expecting software developers to deliver high quality software (with near 100 % code coverage and exceptional performance), but paying them less and less, is not fair.
No wonder, some devs are incentivized to skip unit tests or error handling.
Because some employer or some customer won't pay for it.
This is the status quo that makes me pessimistic.
It appears that software development is gluing things together and make it somehow work.
Yeah, it is life as we (collectively) created it for ourselves.
All the hardships we experience on different parts of the world.
We enable it.
We are distancing ourselves from a natural way of life.
Gabor Mate implies that indigenous people had a fulfilling life, as they followed their instincts (their needs).
Some of us can afford to benefit from the fruits of cheap labor.
We first worlders are aristocrats in a sense, as we are of the "ruling class" to an extent.
We don't see the suffering there.
Out of sight, out of mind.
When I look at the US and other first world countries, it is an open secret that those who appease the ruling class, will get a pass in their elections[1].
It is really strange that people like Mario Draghi and other ex-Goldman Sachsers get influential positions in state institutions.
The one thing I keep in mind is that, most of us (if not all) have the potential for evil.
See also a couple of talks and lectures from Robert Sapolsky.
I don't doubt, for a second, that I would be a Nazi too, if I lived at that time.
I am a sheep.
Likewise, I have my biases.
It is hard to see all of your biases and understand yourself 100%.
Let alone understand the thing what we call "reality".
We even assume things (e.g., in math, physics), since we can't be 100% sure on anything, it seems.
We assume that our experience is "real", and we can't prove it.
However, we hold on to that, since it appears sensible and the (current) alternative seems to lead to nowhere.
I think, therefore I am.
A sensible assumption, I suppose.
However, we exploit not only people from other parts of the world, but we also exploit our own.
People working for you in stressful jobs for very low salaries.
This happens even in Germany.
Cheap bananas, coffees and labor.
We get a taste of aristocracy.
Thinking of Naval Ravikant stating that we're relatively well off compared to medieval peasants.
However, this is at the expense of other people.
It isn't fair.
But no one cares, really.
Neither do I, which is horrible.
I am therefore evil.
I am no better than American/European (Goldman Sachsers, Time Warner Company etc.) or Russian oligarchs.
So who am I to criticize others, when I should be criticizing myself?
Really, if they want to nuke the Northern Hemisphere away, what can we do against it?
They have the power, we really can't have a significant impact on these decisions[1].
Therefore, out of control, out of mind (i.e., stoicism).
Yes, it appears that companies won't budget that at all. Many seem to ship fast, fix later. It is also on the customer, really.
Some people expecting software developers to deliver high quality software (with near 100 % code coverage and exceptional performance), but paying them less and less, is not fair. No wonder, some devs are incentivized to skip unit tests or error handling. Because some employer or some customer won't pay for it.
This is the status quo that makes me pessimistic. It appears that software development is gluing things together and make it somehow work.
This ain't fun for me.