I agree that correct software can not be achive by industry's practices. BUT isn't better to use "cargo cult best practices", as you call them, than code-and-f

I agree that correct software can not be achive by industry's practices. BUT isn't better to use "cargo cult best practices", as you call them, than code-and-fix without any kind of formal test or documentation? The hole point of these software programming practices is to improve overall quality with limited resources, not to craft perfect code.