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1. jey · 1791167555 · 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. DrewADesign · 1791171177 · focus · HN ↗

      I have no idea if modern-day SV’s “tests pass… idfk, it’s a web app… LGTM I guess” coding ethos was the cause of this particular bug. However, it’s a great, relatively benign demonstration of why it has absolutely zero fucking place controlling extremely dangerous hardware shooting a human around a race track surrounded by people.

      1. TeMPOraL · 1791183366 · focus · HN ↗

         Except here, where it's kind of the point of the sport in the first place?

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