I agree. Instead, I like to talk about "tripwires" in my work. Some software and data environments are full of tripwires, so it's impossible to move at a brisk

I agree. Instead, I like to talk about "tripwires" in my work. Some software and data environments are full of tripwires, so it's impossible to move at a brisk pace. Every step must be slow and closely monitored. Because the system does not actually guarantee any of the properties one would reasonably expect it to have, and moving quickly under intuitive (or even explicitly documented) assumptions will quickly lead to an error-riddled, unrecoverable state.