As I look around at the state of software development in the tech industry, I see a desperate need for more pedantry, not less. As a whole the industry seems be

As I look around at the state of software development in the tech industry, I see a desperate need for more pedantry, not less. As a whole the industry seems bent on selling garbage that barely works, then gradually making it worse in pursuit of growth-at-all-costs. When nobody cares if their systems work in any meaningful way, of course they'll dismiss anything that hints are rigor and professionalism as pedantry.