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  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.
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  jrflo
  A question for someone who knows more about F1: Is this firmware shared by all cars? Or some local server at the track the cars connect to? Why is F1 able to control individual cars like this? The article is very light on details as to what exactly is going on...
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  MBCook
  I just finished watching the race. The start was certainly a callback to the start of the season when cars were dropping like flies and having constant odd problems.
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  zkmon
  When such complex and powerful machine is doing the actual run, and it has complex logic circuitry, capable of making some decisions, it is similar to horse racing and the machines should be awarded (same as horse), not the jockeys.
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  algoth1
  I can't not read it as "They vibe coded a patch in 50 minutes". Had they used Sol 6.1 they would still be waiting
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  boredatoms
  Time to go back to NA engines, the hybrids don't give the rock concert wall of sound
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  aetherspawn
  Auto software engineer here.It’s frankly because Motorsport software guys are pretty arrogant. They look down on road car and truck engineers, but reality is they develop stuff with virtually no processes and they usually have only very basic engineering skills, yet every day they are told Motorsport is at the forefront of technology.“Motorsport grade” auto components usually means crappy, and everything requires a software patch or constant maintenance to work correctly.Not surprised there was a bug, and not surprised they were able to develop and deploy a patch in 1 hour without V&V testing it or anything.
• whalesalad
  Make race cars analog again
• anon
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• damowangcy
  "Meet the F1 developer who fix a critical bug in 50 minutes with AI agent"2000 PRs per day btw.
• Starlevel004
  For anyone not willing to click through, by "Bahrain" they actually mean Malaysia.
• HHC-Hunter
  Honestly at this point, bring back the V10's.
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  crypto137
  Claude, make my car fast, make no mistakes
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  h4kunamata
  The Enshittification era keeps on giving.Moved from one of the most fun auto sports to an EV mess. The fact that they were able to vibe code ( You can't truly deliver a code without testing gates in place, let alone release to production, the cars themselves), tells:1: The teams no longer own the car2: F1 has become Formula E 2.0