The short version
Classic reporting on Space Shuttle software engineering and the discipline behind exceptional reliability.
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Classic reporting on Space Shuttle software engineering and the discipline behind exceptional reliability.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-10-08
Last seen:2026-10-08
Times seen:1
Website:eng.auburn.edu
Why it caught our attention
The commenter explicitly endorses this article as a seminal reference on rigorous software engineering.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-10-08
“Tangential: the software documented in the books next to her were likely developed with a level of rigor that consumer software can only dream of, per the seminal article on similar matters:”
underlipton · recommendation
Direct HN comment
Margaret Hamilton has died