I really hate the phrase "over-engineering". My oppinion is that at this point, its is nothing more than a fancy way to say - "I think this is bad" (or sometimes worse: "I don't understand this, and since I don't understand it, it must be bad").

And this is a great example of that theory. If one had to apply the terms "over" or "under" to describe the engineering of the practice the article describes, it seems like "under engineered" would be the more apt description. This is pure brute force programming and design.