Indeed I wish our profession would have a strong and binding set of ethics like doctors or lawyers. That wouldn't prevent all problems, but that'd tame some of the issues of our time.

Pipelines are very widespread nowadays, still I don't see them used much. Having a few refactoring ideas under our belt to replace loops with such pipelines might help.

Interesting historical work. It indeed went through a fast paced evolution cycle.

Definitely required more preparation work than brainstorming. That said it's a nice alternative, maybe easier to get right.

Where are acceptance tests coming from? They're generally the result of a conversation.

There are just too many of those cameras deployed. The fact that they are badly secured are compounding the negative effects.

Indeed, people getting into lean processes tend to obsess over "eliminating waste". Sure there might be some waste to clean up but it's pretty much useless if you don't focus on the flow of work.

It's not the only factor leading to troublesome architectures of course. Still, if state and thus data is wrongly handled, you're indeed on the wrong track.