I think the problem is that most of these types of articles don't take your advice - the "broken" code that they are improving is absolutely wrong, and there's

I think the problem is that most of these types of articles don't take your advice - the "broken" code that they are improving is absolutely wrong, and there's no room for contextual arguments whatsoever. I mean, the article we're discussing is on the topic of eliminating conditionals wherever possible - that's a hardline stance against something so commonplace in programming it's hard to imagine working without it.