The author is unfortunately conflating two (albeit related) arguments. 1. There is a difference between a bad decision and a trade-off that you will (probably)

The author is unfortunately conflating two (albeit related) arguments. 1. There is a difference between a bad decision and a trade-off that you will (probably) have to re-visit in the future. 2. Writing messy code is a bad decision. Irregardless of whether you think point two has merit, point one is the the soul of the article.