How the Boeing 737 MAX Disaster Looks to a Software Developer (2019)

This reminds me of a project I worked on for a Very Big Airplane Manufacturer where--again--trying to avoid retesting and recertification was a high priority. Existing code needed to be migrated with plausible sameness.

Fortunately for my own peace of mind, the software in question wasn't safety-critical. Probably the worst it could do is lock everyone out from the in-flight Wi-Fi while regurgitating roll of printer paper.

> A CAN bus derives from automotive “drive by wire” technology

My car has three of them, and I've been doing some snooping using some cheap Arduino parts and my phone. Alas, message code/meaning documentation is hard to find.

Good write up. Interesting pov