Interview of Jean François Greffier
summary
Research shows the SAK-25 radiotherapy machine has two modes and a mode switch bug can unleash lethal excess radiation, traced to reused code, single programmer development, missing code review and failed QA with documented cases in Canada and Texas and FDA scrutiny. Historical notes include Y2K risk largely mitigated by massive remediation and a rocket reuse error where Iron 5 fails in under 40 seconds due to an integer overflow. Frontend and mobile accessibility gaps also silently harm many users daily.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Welcome
- 0:10Introducing Jean François Greffier
- 1:14Catastrophic bug that killed
- 2:43Therac-25 safety failure
- 4:53Y2K scare risks
- 7:07Ariane 5 rocket failure
- 8:12Everyday bugs impact
- 9:41Closing
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