It is literally exactly the same issue, just with slightly less of an error window. I don't think those devs are poor and dumb, but I do think it's likely they've been working in environments where production errors are more tolerated than in other environments.

> Maybe just maybe small chance of one bad request is not such a bad deal.

If your company is OK with that, seriously, sincerely, right on! Keep doing this and move on to other problems.