> You see this sentiment come up about every few months here. We're not rigorous enough. Or we can't estimate our build time well. Or we don't have any liability. Or we don't have a codified set of morals that govern us. BS.

I don't see the BS. Coming from a traditional engineering discipline, I'd agree with each of those. The scariest to me is on professional standards and ethics: it seems to be an almost point of pride among some HN commenters that they operate outside of any formal standard. That baffles me.