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Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch

178 points · 112 comments · llm_nerd

  1. jey · · focus · HN ↗
    Seems wild that they can code and deploy an update of a critical-seeming component in the field like that. I thought such a firmware update would need extensive QA in the lab, along with root causing why this bug slipped through their processes anyway.

    But maybe that's the difference between shipping a controller for F1 versus shipping one for an industrial or consumer product? shrug.

    1. rapidfl · · focus · HN ↗
      It was probably just "config" changes or changing some hard-coded constants. So relatively straightforward.
      1. chrisandchris · · focus · HN ↗
        > just

        Sometimes we bring down whole services with "just" config (looking at you, DNS).

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