The author implies that by releasing new versions of our software with security patches or features we somehow differ from construction where house are consider

The author implies that by releasing new versions of our software with security patches or features we somehow differ from construction where house are considered finished. They are not - there is a lot of maintenance to be done, painting, replacing pumps, sewage pipes, insulation, cables, I even had a house where we got a new balcony some 20 years after the house was "done", dito a completely new elevator recently some 40 years after finishing the house. I'm sure that if constructing houses had been as easy as rewriting software, we'd get a lot of other convenience changes just for the sake of being modern. Software engineering is not flawed. It just lacks hundreds of years of experience which it will gain with time.