I don't think this applies to you. The main message of the article/blog is that 1) Humans can't keep track of states well and 2) Machines can't create temporary

I don't think this applies to you. The main message of the article/blog is that 1) Humans can't keep track of states well and 2) Machines can't create temporary states efficiently and since you're already keeping track of states manually and working at the low enough level where you're maintaining your temporary states, you don't apply.