I wish the thinking that leads to articles like the one in the OP would take physical form so I could take a baseball bat and release my frustrations by beating

I wish the thinking that leads to articles like the one in the OP would take physical form so I could take a baseball bat and release my frustrations by beating the hell out of it. So many of my current pains in the ass at work stem from adding complexity to get some benefit that does nothing to make our product better.