> Such risk will persist, mitigated by tools or not, so long as that lack of discipline persists. I think you could have stopped after "Such risk will persist"

> Such risk will persist, mitigated by tools or not, so long as that lack of discipline persists. I think you could have stopped after "Such risk will persist". An engineer working on a project has far more control over what tools are used in the project than over the discipline or attention level of whoever is working on this project in three years. I don't see Hillel as arguing that we should give up on trying to improve discipline, but that we must expect to sometimes fail. Changing tools is pretty easy in comparison to changing cultures or incentives, and as a bonus, you can do it immediately, rather than hoping to respond when necessary.