Episode 27 • • 9:29 - 13:48
27: Faith in the Fog of War
Toyota Spaghetti Code and Technical Debt Risks
Following a $1.2 billion settlement in 2010, investigations revealed that Toyota's throttle system relied on "spaghetti code" containing 11,000 global variables. The hosts discuss the concept of technical debt, suggesting that legacy code issues may still persist in modern vehicles. They also explore the risk of "bit flips" caused by cosmic radiation in lower-grade chips, which can cause catastrophic electronic failures in cars and aircraft.