I think you misunderstand, or at least are taking the quotes a bit too far in either direction. You can certainly have a passionate person who understands that

I think you misunderstand, or at least are taking the quotes a bit too far in either direction. You can certainly have a passionate person who understands that at the end of the day user value is paramount even at the cost of some beauty. The author just wants to make sure you hire someone who can ship, not just passionately rewrite the codebase when a long weekend rolls around.