I think this may miss the point of the article, which is pointing out that you can get a lot of value for very little effort by using a timestamp instead of a b

I think this may miss the point of the article, which is pointing out that you can get a lot of value for very little effort by using a timestamp instead of a boolean. I don't think it's intention is to replace a complete change history/audit log implementation, which would require a significant amount more time/effort to implement.