I don't quite get what the article is talking about. It starts with saying that updates are a problem. Then it talks about things I can't really distinguish fro

I don't quite get what the article is talking about. It starts with saying that updates are a problem. Then it talks about things I can't really distinguish from 'quality issues, reliability, complexity issues.." What does this "BRASS: even mean, anyone got a clue? "Resource Adaptive" seems to be the important part. What are they talking about?