Even on hn, comments advocating engineering excellence or just quality in general are frequently looked down on, which probably also tells you a lot about the wider world.

This is why we can’t have nice things, but maybe we just don’t want them anyway? “Mistakes will be made” is way less true if you actually put the effort in to prevent them, but I am beginning to think this has become code for quiet-quitters to telegraph a “I want to get paid for no effort and sympathize with others who feel the same” sentiment and appear compassionate and grimly realistic all at the same time.

yes, billion dollar companies are going to make mistakes, but almost always because of cost cutting, willful ignorance, or negligence. If average people are apologizing for them and excusing that, there has to be some reason that it’s good for them.