Let me start with a story that still sends shivers down the spines of software engineers everywhere. Picture this: It’s 2012, and Knight Capital Group, a Wall Street trading firm, is about to experience one of the most infamous software failures in history. Due to a poorly tested deployment, their algorithmic trading system went rogue, executing unintended trades at lightning speed. In just 45 minutes , the company lost $440 million —a staggering amount that wiped out nearly a third of its market value.
