I mostly agree, however I think it is important to highlight that these considerations have a real-world impact.

One of the biggest fallacies out there is that good software engineering is about aesthetics and somehow detached from the resultant product, e.g. 'the user doesn't care about how it's implemented' etc. - this is patently false, as code quality dictates robustness, maintainability and ability to make changes to the code base, both during development and after shipping the thing.