The Slow Winter – James Mickens (2013) [pdf]

This was submitted a while ago, but hasn't picked up much discussion in the past.

Resubmitting now in relation to the discussion on the 737-MAX8: Using software to stabilize hardware isn't easy. ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19509618 )

More Mickens: https://mickens.seas.harvard.edu/wisdom-james-mickens

I love articles by James Mickens