The article is discussing software that is “unique, complex (and) substantial”, seeming to imply software that will be used for serious purposes where failure i

The article is discussing software that is “unique, complex (and) substantial”, seeming to imply software that will be used for serious purposes where failure is a problem. Boring development sounds pretty good there. Perhaps you are building software with lower consequences and/or higher tolerance of failure. In which case, by all means, have fun with that.