I think you're right. Context matters quite a bit. I have worked in places (quant / hft / algo trading firms) where "but we can fix it fast!" is not a defensibl

I think you're right. Context matters quite a bit. I have worked in places (quant / hft / algo trading firms) where "but we can fix it fast!" is not a defensible position and "fast" is not fast enough. Thinking about this article through the lens of an application where the cost of failure is quite low and time to fix is quite fast, the article starts making sense.