Yep this so much. It is not that code is brittle but problem space is hard. What seems like an obvious fix may break other vendors that depend on same behavior

Yep this so much. It is not that code is brittle but problem space is hard. What seems like an obvious fix may break other vendors that depend on same behavior etc. Having said all of that. Modesty is a thing and many engineers wouldn't word things the way Manish worded in aforementioned blog.