I wanted to disagree with this article, but it's all perfectly reasonable. It makes a lot of sense and it's well written. It's also not an absolutist viewpoint, which makes it even more reasonable.
The danger I see here is that when the places I worked in chose "boring, well-tested" technologies they picked COBOL or ColdFusion. It's not true that I would be happy to ship software that worked if done using these tools. If I had to work with them again I'd shoot myself in the... face. I don't think I ever learned anything valuable from them, except maybe "sometimes the tasks you're given will be boring, and that's how life goes".
The danger I see here is that when the places I worked in chose "boring, well-tested" technologies they picked COBOL or ColdFusion. It's not true that I would be happy to ship software that worked if done using these tools. If I had to work with them again I'd shoot myself in the... face. I don't think I ever learned anything valuable from them, except maybe "sometimes the tasks you're given will be boring, and that's how life goes".