Well, I'd say, in summary: it depends :) Which is exactly the point of the post. The scenarios where SL is justified are rather specialized. But as the author

Well, I'd say, in summary: it depends :) Which is exactly the point of the post. The scenarios where SL is justified are rather specialized. But as the author points out, they still get pushback for using SL even in these scenarios, where using it is a very much reasonable decision. That something is an anti-pattern in most cases, doesn't mean we should just reflexively reject it ignoring the context of a particular task.