My objection is that the author is quite clearly describing this as a bottom-up, small scale approach. Criticizing it as an inadequate approach for something much larger is unwarranted, as nowhere was the claim made that this scales up infinitely.
What is gained? No build step, as the article also clearly mentions. Your alternative approach goes against the goal of the author. Which is to not have a tool chain. "You can also do this by installing these 17 tools and 30 dependencies" is quite missing the point.
What is gained? No build step, as the article also clearly mentions. Your alternative approach goes against the goal of the author. Which is to not have a tool chain. "You can also do this by installing these 17 tools and 30 dependencies" is quite missing the point.