EDS "Airplane"
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mentions it mainly as the origin of the phrase about rebuilding a plane mid-flight, usually applied to software projects.
What it is
A short EDS television commercial that shows an airplane being built while it is in flight. It is an early use of the 'building the plane as it flies' metaphor.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2010 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Cites 01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 2024-06 · on “Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on?”
For curious readers, the "building a plane as it flies" metaphor dates back to at least 2000, to these commercials for EDS: [this video] I thought it was IBM but I was quite mistaken, so good thing I looked it up lol
Critical whatusername · 2010-07 · on “Apple’s Antenna Design and Test Labs”
[this video] Why build them first. // I've never understood that ad - it always screams "we don't take proper care" to me..