If anyone's visiting Stockholm, the Vasa museum is well worth a visit.
For those further afield, the museum's website offers a wealth of details about its conception, history, discovery, and our contemporary understanding of the wreck.
Vasa Museum: https://www.vasamuseet.se/en/explore/vasa-history/inquest
This word translated poorly, so the translation was a bit hard to read :)
"Why C++ Sails When the Vasa Sank"
"I'm not sure how much of the story is actually true"
Some stories – like the one published here by FT – are overly simplistic. For a good, accurate, scientific history of the Vasa, the Vasa Museum's site is extremely detailed (and also separates supposition and apocryphal tales from established science).
Website of the Vasa Museum in Stockholm: https://www.vasamuseet.se/
Yes, we all remember the Vasa, and understand how it applies to any untested overengineered idea.
We clearly do not given that this story repeats over and over again.
While in Norway you can visit and walk aboard the "Fram". The most successful Arctic Exploration ship.