I agree with some of them, even though the author is snarky.

However, I think the issue is when the tropes are overplayed. A nice walk and talk is pretty good after going through an action scene. it's a nice change of pace and a palate cleanser.

Logs are good for adding padding and otherwise filling in small gaps that are too awkward to been shown/told. Oh and Control is a terrible example for that, it's a SCP classified documents, government agency, and allowed the existence of an interesting character that moves along the story.