Its a strange article to read in the context of ageism. He also humorously quotes Brooks who's always been right and often quoted and basically never implement

Its a strange article to read in the context of ageism. He also humorously quotes Brooks who's always been right and often quoted and basically never implemented outside maybe avionics and nuclear control rooms because "ship it now fix it later maybe" which adds to the irony that the article claims the cathedral ruined software because dogfooding and scratching ones own itch somehow miraculously results in worse software quality than "ship it now fix it later" mentality which surely pragmatically has resulted in low quality trash in the ecosystem. You have to keep in mind that its from more than half a decade ago which means its a generation (or two) in the industry which makes the "lost generation" talk even more weird and it makes it an interesting alternative reality alternative history from the past, a very interesting enjoyable sci fi read, while it being an alternate reality prediction that didn't pan out doesn't entirely ruin it. The Edwardian Era not having turned out like "War of the Worlds" postulated doesn't imply its bad story. Alternative histories are cool. I like it.