If construction was like software
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Customer
DeveloperC I want a bridge
D Ok, what kind of bridge
C You don't know what a bridge is? Land on this side, land on that side, road touch here, road touch there, go.
D Ok?1 year later
C No No, big boats will come through here, I need it to let the boats through
D Uh, we're halfway built, there's concrete everywhere. Ok ok. How about this. A vertical lift.
C What, that's boring. It needs to be flashy. What's this, swivel, that's cool.
D You don't have enough room for a swivel bridge if you want boats that big to get through.
C The customer is always right. Make a swivel bridge. How long.
D Well we need to repurpose the current structure, so that will take a while.
C 1 more year. Or I go somewhere else.
D You'll still have to pay us for our work.
C No I don't. You didn't make a bridge, and my contract says a bridge.
D No, the contract had the exact design we chose.
C SWIVEL.6 months later.
D Ok, so through a massive advance in building technology using some cool quantum physics tricks, I have a bridge that swivels but doesn't take up space.
C What? There's no way I'm going to pay for that.
D Fine, we'll give you a discount.
C Ok, I'm going to drive on it.
D But, we haven't even tested the model yet.
C We need it now. I have to start making deliveries on this new route. I'm going to test it myself.
D No wait!!!Car crashes.
D ... I haven't installed the bridge yet.
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When I saw C and D, I imagined this was how CDCK actually built things for a moment.
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Don't you mean "If construction was like software" on the first edit?
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What are you talking about? That's what it says!
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Revisionist!
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IngSoc will make sure of that. doubleplusgood.
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And the government is so desperately trying to catch up to the blueprint so helpfully left behind.
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C We need it now. I have to start making deliveries on this new route. I'm going to test it myself.D No wait!!!
Car crashes.
At least with construction the problem can sometimes fix itself.