I agree, this approach looks insane to me. I'm especially doubtful of it, because the article doesn't explain the problem with the obvious approach you suggest

I agree, this approach looks insane to me. I'm especially doubtful of it, because the article doesn't explain the problem with the obvious approach you suggested. I feel bad to be so negative toward an idea I haven't fully explored, but I get the impression that the author of this article is trying hard to justify a bad approach rather than fixing the code.