"One size fits all" is also a recipe, if not for disaster, then for unnecessary overengineering.
Fail hard and don't recover is absolutely fine in many scenarios, especially ones where no lives or expensive property are on the line.
Control software for jet engines is a whole different kettle of fish from sharing photos online. I would dare say most of us here have never worked on software that critical. The approach---from design to implementation to testing---is formalized to a degree most of us in the "agile" world of web apps could not tolerate.
Fail hard and don't recover is absolutely fine in many scenarios, especially ones where no lives or expensive property are on the line.
Control software for jet engines is a whole different kettle of fish from sharing photos online. I would dare say most of us here have never worked on software that critical. The approach---from design to implementation to testing---is formalized to a degree most of us in the "agile" world of web apps could not tolerate.