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A computer upgrade shut down BART

(www.bart.gov)
232 points ksajadi | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.338s | source
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wills_forward ◴[05 Sep 25 16:04 UTC] No.45140114[source]▶
The cheap easy take: it's tragically ironic that the software running the infrastructure in Silicon Valley is such a problem
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1. some-guy ◴[05 Sep 25 16:47 UTC] No.45140677[source]▶
I'll bite: Silicon Valley isn't known for good infrastructure, we are just able to roll back changes very easily. The cost of getting software wrong for BART is far higher than if my div is padded incorrectly.