Totally agree! But this is not what this blog post is about. This is about cards that are claiming to be hardware (onchain) wallets, not lightning wallets. These do not allow you to spend money without a smartphone or anything like this.

For lightning, NFC cards make sense as there isn't usually a lot of money loaded onto them and you can justify the loss in security by far superior UX.

joko

bitcoin

Don’t bother with hardware wallets in card format

I don’t completely agree with this. 

Certainly cards like that are no replacement for a proper hardware wallet, but they are great for spending at merchants quickly and seamlessly without needing a smartphone. 

The new cards that let you spend LN btc with a tap would be great if accepted more places - similar user experience to Suica in Japan, which is extremely convenient. 