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minus-squareyimbylinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoI’ve never met an engineer who wanted to intentionally design products to break. The beancounters on the other hand…
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoIt depends on the way you think about it. When designing, I want all my parts (other than user replaceable wear components) to fail at the same time. That means nothing is the weakest link, failing earlier than the design otherwise could handle.
I’ve never met an engineer who wanted to intentionally design products to break.
The beancounters on the other hand…
It depends on the way you think about it. When designing, I want all my parts (other than user replaceable wear components) to fail at the same time. That means nothing is the weakest link, failing earlier than the design otherwise could handle.