Yeah, as I've been learning more about software design, it's become pretty clear there is no silver bullet. It would be nice though. I find it a bit overwhelming to try to find the best solution for a problem when there are so many different architectures and programming paradigms.

That being said, taking into account the requirements does eliminate quite a few of the options. Right now, I work on safety-critical embedded systems which requires us to make some decisions that would most likely be way different in other environments.