It's not a case of blaming. Its a case of choosing
https://www.libressl.org/
or
https://www.openssl.org/
Applying best practice development processes or Pretending someone else can do it all for you, and you can "bolt it on" at the end.
The article lists: Future plans and lessons learned: At the top of the list for future development is support for TLS 1.3.
Like adding yet another protocol to the already hacked mess of protocols is a "good" thing.