> Wouldn’t it be nice if all software was “mission critical”
Nope. There are times for nice, strong houses; and there are times for chicken coops made out of duct tape, rusty steel wire and bent nails. As long as they keep chickens in, it is all fine.
It is up to management to decide what kind of structure are they going to build.
That said, there are disturbingly many cases when people don't pay attention to security, and then there are personal data leaks. The handling of personal data should be regulated, verified, and there should be severe consequences for leaks caused by negligence.
As for the rest -- let people do whatever they want. No backups? sure. 'SELECT *' on index.php? you are paying for the servers, go ahead.
> It is up to management to decide what kind of structure are they going to build.
It'd be nice if management was held more accountable when they choose duct tape/rust steel wire/bent nails construction techniques to build multi story apartment blocks instead of chicken coops. But we haven't even solved that problem for actual apartment blocks yet, so I won't be holding my breath for that accountability for software projects any time soon...
Nope. There are times for nice, strong houses; and there are times for chicken coops made out of duct tape, rusty steel wire and bent nails. As long as they keep chickens in, it is all fine.
It is up to management to decide what kind of structure are they going to build.
That said, there are disturbingly many cases when people don't pay attention to security, and then there are personal data leaks. The handling of personal data should be regulated, verified, and there should be severe consequences for leaks caused by negligence.
As for the rest -- let people do whatever they want. No backups? sure. 'SELECT *' on index.php? you are paying for the servers, go ahead.