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over 5 years ago from Alexander Obenauer, CEO at Mindsense
Even programmers learn about this type of things. The death cases that originated from the THERAC-25 dilemma are a fundamental part in any CS class nowadays.
Bad design can happen without a designer...
I'd consider this a step lower than bad design... it's no design at all.
I'd consider no design a step higher than bad design. At least blaming this on no design reaffirms the value a designer would've brought to the table. Time for them to hire some designers!
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People keep blaming this on bad design, but I sincerely doubt a designer was anywhere near the project. Government contracts go to the lowest bidder and, among those crowds, designers are seen as a needless expense.
What we're seeing is a database vomiting onto a screen without a single thought given to the UI. In the second tweet this becomes apparent because their solution "to prevent further mistakes" was to add a false alarm link.