Seems wild that they can code and deploy an update of a critical-seeming component in the field like that. I thought such a firmware update would need extensive QA in the lab, along with root causing why this bug slipped through their processes anyway.

But maybe that's the difference between shipping a controller for F1 versus shipping one for an industrial or consumer product? shrug.

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[Top comment](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960091) by [jey](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jey):

> Seems wild that they can code and deploy an update of a critical-seeming component in the field like that. I thought such a firmware update would need extensive QA in the lab, along with root causing why this bug slipped through their processes anyway.
> 
> But maybe that's the difference between shipping a controller for F1 versus shipping one for an industrial or consumer product? shrug.