Andrey Sitnik

What I learned as a developer from accidents in space

A 1997 manual docking attempt nearly destroyed the Mir space station. This single failure holds a critical lesson for developers on the catastrophic cost of human error.

What I learned as a developer from accidents in space
#1about 1 minute

Learning software engineering lessons from space industry accidents

The space and software industries are similar in their complexity, making space mission accidents a valuable source of engineering lessons.

#2about 4 minutes

Don't blame users for mistakes, improve the UI

A failed Soyuz docking mission teaches that when users make mistakes, the problem lies with the user experience, not the user.

#3about 5 minutes

Report issues to help improve open source projects

A cosmonaut recording data during a near-fatal re-entry shows the importance of reporting bugs and improving documentation for open source projects.

#4about 7 minutes

Automate processes to prevent human error

The collision with the Mir space station caused by manual remote control highlights the need to automate tasks with tools like linters to ensure stability.

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