I agree that having translations adds inertia and resistance to change in the code, and that this can be a problem. You should add localizations when you "need"

I agree that having translations adds inertia and resistance to change in the code, and that this can be a problem. You should add localizations when you "need" them and know that you are going to have to support them, not because they're nice to have. What I wanted to point out was that the article puts focus on a problem which often times is not that big of an issue. I've mostly been doing web development and localization of web applications, and I guess this makes the build process a bit simpler than what you describe.