this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2025
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I sure do enjoy when the product managers and design team start making edits to the project spec while it's mid-implementation.
I sure hope the US navy enjoys it too.
The Germans did this with Tiger tanks, which made all the problems with the Tiger worse. It's bad enough they have to be sent places on trains because their transmissions crap out after 45 miles. But then they have to be sent back to their original factory to be repaired because none of the parts are standardized due to specs changing multiple times per day? lol. lmao, even.
I implore Hexbear users to watch The Pentagon Wars. It’s the most accurate portrayal of defense acquisitions ever made (the specifics of the Bradley acquisition aren’t 100% accurate, as reddit nerds always point out, but the overall tale is the tale of every program)
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The shareholders sure do and that's all that matters.
I'm having to deal with this at work. A $100M infrastructure build out that has been designed out and engineered to be built using simple technology, but a new CTO at the company has decided that this specific brand of untested tech is a better deal and in the process has scuttled 2 years of training in design, permit, and construction as well as blown up over half of all existing automated design workflows.
The kicker is that when I did a test design, the overall linear foot cost increased.