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points by bumby 1 day ago | 0 comments

You’re hung up and confused by certifications, which are a different animal. Look up what PE license actual are and how they function.

You can’t just outsource a design for a bridge to avoid responsibility. If that bridge is being built in California, an engineer who is licensed in California ultimately has to stamp the design, even if all the design work was done elsewhere.

[–] augment_me 1 day ago

I am saying it's not the same for software

[–] bumby 1 day ago

I recognize that’s where we disagree. You just haven’t outlined any good reason why it’s fundamentally different. And your talk about certifications makes me think you may not understand what I’m saying.

The same rules can easily apply to software. There no fundamental reason it can’t, and the superficial “yeah but we’re different” excuse is just a rationalization.

Software can be regulated in a similar manner, we just choose not to in many instances.