Msjulie
Active Member
Back when I just got my car in summer 2018 I used to think this way until the combined 4 years of history showed me that for every new feature, there were at least some regressions in things unrelated and which had worked fine.Quite the contrary. Chaos is companies like VW who have yet to issue any software updates despite proclaiming how easily they’d do it.
What’s going on behind the scenes at Tesla is actually remarkable - features ship, often in small groups or isolation, when they’re complete and tested. I’d expect there are hundreds or thousands of developers in many teams at Tesla and it’s massively complicated.
I'm the downer for sure, but I have this update waiting (still on V10) and saw nothing but troubles downloading and new errors reported (regressions) and not just in this thread.
Releasing often is not remarkable, I'm afraid, when the quality is so unpredictable (or rather can be predicted to cause at least 1 new regression every time)
Software can and often is complex but good well-defined processes for change and testing can eliminate the kind of bug-thrash Tesla seems to have. Once in my career I did software for a medical devices company and Tesla's quality here would have them barred from ever delivering. Sure not all the bugs are life critical but the record thus far is not giving me any warm and fuzzy feelings.
Carry on...