The idea referenced in the blog post that sprints are "rushing" developers is just nonsense. At least in every sprint process I've been a part of, the developer

The idea referenced in the blog post that sprints are "rushing" developers is just nonsense. At least in every sprint process I've been a part of, the developers are the ones assigning effort (points/hours) to each task. The dev team is free to decide how much padding any task deserves to get the job done right -- and some padding is totally legit and expected. If you have a large task, one that's either too complex to estimate accurately or with too many unknowns or outside dependencies, you should be breaking it up into smaller tasks. Developers decide how many points they can do in a sprint, AND they decide how many points each task gets. There's no rushing involved here.