[elmigranto]

I don't think parent comment meant ditching swap files in text editors or reboot on GPS errors in plane's autopilot. Just sort out upfront where the value is (user data, safety and reliability, rendering fast, etc…) and set requirements appropriately.

There is no reason to handle leap seconds in a flappy bird game, or fork your database server to implement "proper" time handling with historically correct time zones and all the appropriate conversions between them, if you are writing a Twitter client.