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The whole point of having canary builds is that they're unstable. That's why they're called canary. Rockets failing in test flights isn't a bad thing.

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It absolutely is a bad thing. That's why so much effort goes into designing and manufacturing rockets correctly. So the tests go well and you can move onto actual launches. Using that as a metaphor for canary builds displays a lack of knowledge in just multiple areas lol.

It is a bad thing. It is good that the rocket doesn't fail during the test flight.

> Rockets failing in test flights isn't a bad thing.

I hate to be pedantic but for a whole host of environmental reasons, they are suboptimal, and it still incinerates money to lose a rocket during a flight test.

Yes, building rockets costs money and is bad for environments.

Yes, exactly this. SpaceX are super environmentally irresponsible, I wish they would follow the ESA/NASA development model that is so much better for the environment! So European.

I've decided to stop making analogies on HN because, instead of focusing on the helpful part, people always take them way too far and then act as if they invalidated your original point.

In case you aren't aware, the whole codebase of Bun did not explode into debris just because it hit a bug. They can just fix the bug and recompile.

Runtime that you build on isn’t a rocket. It’s like seeing a bridge collapse in front of your eyes.

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