[dkersten]

My main point is that the things we use encourage a certain approach and if most people are "doing it wrong [tm]", maybe its not the people's fault, maybe the tools are encouraging wrong approaches.

I mean, sure, you can just say most developers aren't very good, aren't disciplined enough, don't think things through. Maybe its true. But that doesn't solve the problem, it just shifts the blame. You can't fix the people, because its a never-ending problem: move team or company and you're back at square one. Good luck trying to change all the university courses to try and teach better practices.

So if you can't fix the people, the only thing left is to take a long hard look at the tools and see if we can't improve them in a way that encourages better code.