#software-reliability

#software-reliability

The EX60 sits on Volvo's most advanced architecture to date, SPA3, and it promises 400 miles of range on the EPA cycle. Volvo wants to make things right after the messy launches of the EX90 and EX30 EVs, which were riddled with software gremlins and unfinished features that frustrated owners. Now, the Swedish automaker that used to be a synonym for reliability and dependability is giving it all in a new push.

Then there are the so-called legacy automakers, such as General Motors and the Volkswagen Group, which are trying hard, stumbling often, and still making some progress. The last group is barely even trying. It includes Toyota and Stellantisboth of which seem far too comfortable selling gas cars and hybrids, but are dabbling in EVs just enough to say that they're in on the transition.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was the recipient of some very bad vibes last week after bragging on X that nearly half his exchange's code is already AI-generated, with plans to push it higher. The post unleashed a torrent of ridicule, and seemed to crystalize the skepticism over the reliability of "vibe coding" tools that's been bubbling for months.

AI models that generate code present significant challenges to issues related to reliability, safety, and security. The output from these models needs nuanced evaluation beyond simple classification tasks.

The shift from deterministic code to probabilistic AI has created a fundamental crisis in Quality Assurance (QA), as traditional testing assumes predictable inputs and outputs.

Shell scripts can therefore be difficult to debug, develop, and maintain. And yet they're everywhere.