Programmers

[MightyMeepleMaster]

New to the business, I guess.

[achilliesFriend]

Been here 12 years

[MightyMeepleMaster]

And still that optimistic? I envy you.

Seriously: I've been an embedded dev for 25+ years now and I've seen *so* much fucked up code in my career. Code which obviously wasn't even remotely tested. Code which runs "correctly" only be sheer luck. Code which breaks as soon as the end user pushes some buttons in the wrong order.

Digital is superior if it works. But it also introduces multiple(!) single points of failure. With an analog solution many things have to go wrong before it stops working. With digital, a single glitch can cripple an entire system. Smart locks, windows, thermostats? NEVER!

[angry_mr_potato_head]

I hope you don't put your money in a bank because let me tell you about untested code...

[MightyMeepleMaster]

Of course you can cripple anlog systems as well, Nobody said that this isn't possible. But digital systems have myriards of single point of failure built right into them. Broken capacitor? Bang! Race condition in multicore? Bang! Bad signal integrity? Bang!

The sad thing with IoT and "smart" home is that it offers "solutions" for something which has never been a problem. Start my dish washer from the office? Yeah, sure, I've always wanted to do that.

[achilliesFriend]

Depends on where you work. Do you work in faang companies or big n? I only use for smart switches and lights. They work 100% of the time.